Sentence examples for had previously competed from inspiring English sources

(Viall, you may recall, had previously competed on the season of previous Bachelorette Andi Dorfman.

The two newsrooms had previously competed for stories in New York and Chicago; now, Hogan told me, of Gothamist, "It felt like they were still my competitor".

It truly was a motoring effort from a carbon fibre yacht that had previously competed under the name Speedboat – and it returned the win to Australian hands after the American entry Comanche claimed offshore racing's top prize 12 months ago.

The long jumper Shara Proctor, who finished sixth in Berlin in 2009, switched from Anguilla to compete for Great Britain and Van Commenee sprung a final surprise by calling up the triple jumper Yamilé Aldama, who had previously competed for Sudan and Cuba, but who has been living in London for the past decade.

Neither side had previously competed for gold and each had made the semi-final of the Olympics for only the second time, having last done so in 1968 when Japan went on to beat Mexico, who were the host nation, to bronze.

Last August, when Aldama was first selected in the triple jump for Great Britain, the Daily Mail ran a story about how she had previously competed for Cuba and Sudan under the headline: "So, it's another plastic Brit who should be outlawed".

"I have a lot of time and respect for her," the Great Britain head coach said of the athlete who has previously competed for Cuba and Sudan.

Woolfe is a veteran festival performer, having previously competed in Edinburgh editions of Strictly Come Dancing and Stars In Their Eyes, in which he was a memorable Freddie Mercury.

Among the new inclusions in the podium group are the triple jumper Yamile Aldama and the sprint hurdler Tiffany Porter, who both qualified for the team this year despite having previously competed for other countries.

I don't mean they've been empty before, but not like this," said Aldama, who has previously competed for her native Cuba and Sudan but has lived in Britain for more than a decade and is married to a Scot.

Mattek-Sands had more intensive mixed-doubles preparation than most heading into the tournament, having previously competed at the mixed-doubles-centric Hopman Cup tournament in Perth with her fellow Minnesotan Mardy Fish.