Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun] [prep] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1983–4 , 33 per cent of young workers told interviewers from the GHS that they were unemployed or had experienced unemployment during the previous twelve months . |
| 2 | Some 24 per cent of respondents had encountered problems during the previous year with walking , 21 per cent with dirty streets , 19 per cent with traffic or trains around the home and 14 per cent with dust and smells . |
| 3 | Rumours of his ill-health had cast gloom over the previous weeks , and his presence — on foot — brought great applause . |
| 4 | as if to underline how huge the task of changing public opinion would be , and of making people see that the hostages mattered , it had been spelled out in a television programme I had taken part in the previous November when Mary and I had been in Paris . |
| 5 | He told police that he had tried cannabis during the previous weekend while driving in Catterick Garrison with a friend . |
| 6 | Some of the practices of the colonial state were re-introduced , including corporal punishment , and some of those elected to village councils were rejected on the grounds that they had held positions under the previous regime . |