Sentence examples of "devant" in French

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Il déambulait devant la voiture. He was walking in front of the car.
Une fille apparut devant moi. A girl appeared before me.
Il marchait devant la voiture. He was walking ahead of the car.
Je suis tombé sur un vieil ami à moi devant la gare. I ran into an old friend of mine outside the station.
Les suspects répondront, devant la cour de Sydney, des faits d'importation et de possession de drogues. The suspects will face charges for importing and possessing drugs in a Sydney court.
L'église devant laquelle nous avons passé s'est écroulée cinq minutes plus tard, à cause d'un immense tremblement de terre et plus d'une centaine de fidèles furent enterrés vivants. The church we went past crumbled five minutes afterwards due to a huge earthquake and more than a 100 churchgoers were buried alive.
Il est devant la porte. He is in front of the door.
L'accusé paraîtra devant la cour vendredi. The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.
Personne ne courait devant lui. No one ran ahead of him.
Des centaines de personnes attendaient devant le point de vente de tickets. Hundreds of people were waiting outside the ticket office.
Il se plantait devant moi. He stood in front of me.
Le prisonnier fut amené devant un juge. The prisoner was brought before a judge.
Il est devant nous en mathématiques. He is ahead of us in mathematics.
Et même en dehors de ces pays, l'anglais est probablement la langue la plus utilisée pour les communications internationales, devant toutes les autres. And even outside these nations, English is perhaps more widely used as a medium of international communication than any other language.
Elle le fit devant le personnel. She did it in front of the staff.
Elle devait parler devant un public nombreux. She had to speak before a large audience.
La gare est tout droit devant. The station is dead ahead.
C'est la porte de devant. It's the front gate.
Un jeune homme chante devant la porte. A young man is singing before the door.
Je vois une voiture rouge devant. I see a red car ahead.
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