Example sentences of "[Wh det] had [vb pp] [prep] the previous " in BNC.

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1 The hostilities which had followed upon the previous confiscations of 1294 and 1324 had not been long-lasting .
2 Formalizing a consensus which had emerged in the previous month [ see p. 38937 ] , the foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) , meeting in Oslo , Norway , on June 4 , reached agreement on the alliance 's future role in international peacekeeping operations , notably in support of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) .
3 The county town had a large , vigorous WEA branch with an impressive record of activity which had extended throughout the previous decade .
4 I had to stand on tiptoe to reach the brass knocker , which had appeared since the previous day .
5 The confrontation was symbolic of the accelerating polarization which had occurred over the previous five years , with the Popular Front calling for a determined re-application of the policies of 1931–3 and the right for radical constitutional revision .
6 Strike committees in Byelorussia decided to resume on May 22 the general strike which had gripped the republic in April [ see pp. 38129-30 ] , because a session of the republic 's Supreme Soviet which had opened on the previous day was still refusing to put on its agenda demands for a coalition government .
7 What had happened during the previous 30 months to cause the right hon. Gentleman to change his apparent convictions of 30 years ?
8 It was very probably the memory of what had happened after the previous war .
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