Remember that this sentiment, though conventional, was uttered before an audience for whom the revenge tragedy was a major form of entertainment.
They have all been uttered here, before these witnesses.
This large bird has a loud, booming mating call which is often uttered just before dawn and can be heard from far away.
It was the one sentence which, she felt sure, he had never uttered before; a man could not reverse himself so late in life.
The words burst out as if they had been wanting to be said for twenty years and MUST be uttered now, before anything else.
This sound is usually uttered shortly after dark or before dawn.
Clean armor would be followed by other readiness commands, the series of commands that was always uttered in the days before battle.
An expletive was uttered right before impact.
Sergeant Grey waited until the gunman had uttered the last number of his count before firing.
(Uttered just before Richard Castellano says it.)