Example sentences of "i [vb past] [vb pp] the previous " in BNC.
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1 | As I said , I was somewhat annoyed in view of the definitive nature of the arrangement I had made the previous day , and the fact that no explanation or apology had been forthcoming . |
2 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
3 | I replied that it was not the first time , but that I had borne the previous occasions with courage and would do so now . |
4 | He also ordered a meal of succulent roast capon cooked in rich sauces and freshly baked loaves of pure wheat rather than the coarse rye bread I had eaten the previous months . |
5 | He brought with him , among others , the new Communist Transport Minister , Charles Fiterman , whom I had met the previous week . |
6 | Citing the case of one of the juveniles whom I had encountered the previous week : |
7 | But unlike the mink I had filmed the previous year , this one appeared not to be very active . |