Sentence examples for had avoided before from inspiring English sources
For Mr. Pennington, the public engagements have been a form of exposure therapy, pushing him to articulate bad memories and buried feelings that he had avoided before.
The paltry sum may have inspired Mr. Obama's strategists to begin explicitly encouraging donations to the "super PAC" — something they had avoided before since it conflicted with the spirit of Mr. Obama's public criticism of the Citizens United decision.
Early on he made a list of ideas he had avoided before, and tried them all.
The US has taken a subtly different approach to the negotiations in the past day, with the special envoy for climate change, Todd Stern, speaking approvingly of the roadmap – a term he has avoided before, as the US dislikes the implication that there is a set route with a strict timetable and clear destination.
You need to increase your fat and calorie intake, so foods you may have avoided before may be precisely what you need now.
He has genuinely done exactly what you would hope for in this situation: never blamed me, given me access to his phone and emails, sought separate counselling and he has been trying to address issues he would have avoided before.
But the new requirements have also made insurance more expensive, as insurers pay claims they might have avoided before.
Woods also lifted heavy weights, an activity players before him had avoided in the belief that big muscles would restrict flexibility and impede their swings.
The 73-year-old didn't particularly care that the pop-up was Toys R Us-related (she had avoided it before because of the crowds and chaos).
He had avoided race talk before the Reverend Wright controversy erupted.
