The first girl of the work slaves," said Ute, "had been sold shortly before my capture.

The library was sold shortly before the death of the beneficiare, who had become impoverished.

The ship was sold for scrap shortly after the incident.

He had sold us some fowls shortly after our arrival, so might be expected to feel a kindly interest in their ailing families.

Stand-by tickets for the event were also sold shortly before the presentation started.

His father was sold shortly after the child's birth to a man living in Georgia.

Many of the museum's specimens were sold to San Francisco shortly after its famous 1906 earthquake.

He said he expected several shows he represented to be sold shortly.

The options were sold shortly after the deal became public.

All five surviving gunboats were sold for scrap shortly after the end of the war.