Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adj] [prep] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | It demanded the release of political prisoners , an amnesty for exiles , extension of the registration period to three months , and the issuing of identity cards to the estimated 3,500,000 people who had turned 18 since the previous election in 1988 , and who would not otherwise be able to register . |
| 2 | However , Lord Justice Lloyd , presiding over the latest appeal hearing at the Central Criminal Court in London , said that in the light of fresh evidence , which had become available since the previous hearing , their appeals would be allowed . |
| 3 | The dream about Adam had distressed her , and she had spent most of the previous night awake thinking about him , about her own life and where she was going . |
| 4 | Calvin Smith came in ahead of me but I beat the Pole Marian Woronin , who had run third at the previous European . |
| 5 | Her eyes felt heavy , she had worked much of the previous night and most of the day to have the shoes for the theatre people ready in time . |