Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have previously been " in BNC.
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| 1 | For my part it brought to light fascinating aspects of English language use about whose existence I had previously been quite unaware — or , perhaps better , about whose extent I had previously been quite unaware . |
| 2 | Wilson , of Low Moor , Darlington , told the court he had previously been told by police that the knife was not an offensive weapon . |
| 3 | In therapy , Rose Greenacre managed to get in touch with the anger she had previously been unable to feel consciously . |
| 4 | Strangely , she felt more resentful of this lady 's peremptory commands than she ever had of those of the merchants ' wives she had previously been obliged to swallow . |
| 5 | In fact , the two overlap , when certain key words are understood in senses which presume familiarity with the ways they have previously been used . |
| 6 | In an electrifying performance that revealed the depth of his personal frustration at the role he had previously been playing , a raw Welshness returned to his accent and a welcome freshness was injected into his rhetoric , underlined by an extraordinary display of physical gestures involving head , neck , shoulders , arms , hands and fingers . |
| 7 | For my part it brought to light fascinating aspects of English language use about whose existence I had previously been quite unaware — or , perhaps better , about whose extent I had previously been quite unaware . |