Example sentences of "had previously [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 . |
| 2 | The Ringstrasse was built on a huge tract of open land surrounding the city which had previously served as a military fortification . |
| 3 | Henry Parris , tutor-organiser for Northamptonshire who had previously served in a similar capacity in Yorkshire North District , also acknowledged that most of his organising work could have been done by voluntary members , given the time and opportunity to travel around the county . |
| 4 | One of the latter patients had previously presented with a parotid gland localisation . |
| 5 | The clouds broke a little and the sun that had previously looked like a tarnished shilling in a bowl of porridge came out and lit the sweep of Wensleydale below the cairn . |
| 6 | Ian had previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 with Downie Wilson & Co . |