Example sentences of "on previous [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 On previous tasks he has usually been on the cordon ringing the incident that the EOD team has been involved with , and cursing them for taking so long .
2 On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish .
3 I felt — I could not be more certain than that — that when I had treated polio cases on previous occasions I had actually sensed wasting muscles making slight quivers , contracting with the pain of a spasm ; and it was these contractions of muscles which , following normal treatment , so often caused shortening of the leg when the muscles withered .
4 On previous days we have talked about setting goals .
5 On previous trips I had taken chloroquine without noticeable side-effects .
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