Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Goldsmiths allowed Gurney £300 , Norris £200 , and Coombes £150 " in consideration of their services " , having dismissed them the previous April with effect from 25th March 1860 . |
| 2 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 3 | Ken Gillance , defending , said Lamont was not connected with vice but Welsh told him the previous day she had almost been run down by one of Roth 's friends . |
| 4 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 5 | Fear , attraction , dismay , and total confusion : she had experienced them all since meeting him the previous day . |
| 6 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 7 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 8 | Pertwee had already employed it the previous morning effectively to terminate interrogation . |
| 9 | The mulatto who had greeted them the previous morning was not in evidence as Benny passed through the lobby , for which she was grateful . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) Provide the Chairman with a note for each item of business , giving him the previous history of the discussion and indicating not the decision but at least the possible decisions that might emerge from the current meeting . |
| 11 | Finally she returned to the information desk where she 'd first encountered him the previous day , and found a pretty young woman sitting there stacking up guide books on Dublin . |
| 12 | ‘ I had been to see him the previous day , and arranged that he come and teach me Dutch . |
| 13 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 14 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |
| 15 | Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat . |
| 16 | The company has moved fully into coachbuilding ; turned itself into a PLC and , late last year , opened a £500,000 repair facility in the capital city , having acquired it the previous year . |