Example sentences of "[vb past] earlier [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sacred tree cult mentioned earlier led to the building of enclosure walls round individual trees or groups of trees thought to have been visited by deities . |
| 2 | A year-long investigation by a congressional commission had earlier led to the removal of García 's constitutional immunity from prosecution [ see p. 38387 ] . |
| 3 | The main thrust of this passage , it must be said , was to instil a measure of resolve into jurors who , even if intellectually convinced , might shrink from the unwelcome duty of convicting on a capital charge , but the words emphasised above show that the judge ( who had earlier adverted to the burden of proof ) was also telling the jury to concentrate on the evidence . |
| 4 | Wolfgang Vogel , the lawyer who negotiated deals for East Germans who took refuge in West German missions in the East bloc , had earlier appealed to the government to free the demonstrators and hundreds of people jailed for trying to escape through Poland , Czechoslovakia and Hungary . |
| 5 | I should say that Mr. Pegg had earlier appealed to the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) , but his appeal against his conviction had been dismissed . |
| 6 | Mrs Helmsley , dressed in black , had earlier walked to the front of the court and sobbingly begged the judge not to impose a prison term . |