Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | showed us the lovely crystal glass which she had received the previous Wednesday at Wembley Conference Centre . |
| 2 | Mrs Redmond talked about Bridie 's babies , whom she had seen the previous day , and asked Anne about her grandmother . |
| 3 | Despite her alleged impatience to hear about his experiences during the pay-off , she made no attempt to refer to it again , launching instead into a blow-by-blow account of a film she had seen the previous evening , going on to explain that she loved films , really loved them , that the only place to see them properly was the cinema , that her favourite was a wonderful old place in the centre of town called the Minerva , and what a shame it was that no one went to the cinema any more . |
| 4 | In January 1916 , six months before he met O'Keeffe , 3 Stieglitz saw examples of the charcoal drawings she had made the previous autumn and exclaimed : ‘ Why they 're genuinely fine things — You say a woman did these — She 's an unusual woman — She 's broad-minded , she 's bigger than most women , but she 's got the sensitive emotion — I 'd know she was a woman — Look at that line . ’ |
| 5 | Julia was so interested in the cross-examination that she almost disobeyed Anthony 's instructions to go back to the Campo San Maurizio for lunch and spend the afternoon in bed , but , remembering how weak she had felt the previous evening , she did as he said . |
| 6 | Shafts of sunlight gleamed through the avenue of trees , warming the air so that she felt no need to wear the jacket she had brought with her as a precaution against the temperamental nature of Danish weather , holding it casually instead over one arm , perfectly comfortable in the same linen dress she had worn the previous evening . |
| 7 | In daylight Folly could really appreciate details of the luxury she had missed the previous evening . |
| 8 | Madge was attended by six little Burmese bridesmaids , who as soon as she arrived started off up the long aisle , and she followed with the kind friend at whose house she had spent the previous two nights and who ‘ gave her away ’ . |
| 9 | She had spent the previous evening at Ragamuffins nightclub in Camberley , Surrey . |
| 10 | Dalgliesh thanked her and told her that she could go home as soon as she had checked with Detective-Sergeant Reynolds in the library that he had all the necessary information about where she had spent the previous evening . |
| 11 | She had spent the previous day helping Janet to prepare Aunt Emily 's room for her mother . |
| 12 | In essence it was simpler than what she had suggested the previous night ; but the details were far more involved . |
| 13 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |