Example sentences of "had [verb] [pers pn] the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 2 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 3 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 4 | At this juncture , I realized that I had driven close to the point where the boat had landed me the previous evening . |
| 5 | The mulatto who had greeted them the previous morning was not in evidence as Benny passed through the lobby , for which she was grateful . |
| 6 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |