Perhaps it was already abandoned before the early 5th century.

The mine was long abandoned before the more recent new town development.

The scheme was finally abandoned only a week before his death.

He also started the 1954 Tour but again abandoned before the finish.

Americans abandoned the city just before the 1979 Soviet invasion.

Those I thought to be friends abandoned me before the town.

Nor do I believe that we should abandon the idea of standards before status.

They abandoned the site in about 1500, centuries before European contact.

It is thought that the castle was finally abandoned at some point before 1769.

This bonus point system was abandoned before the 2001 league season.