Sentence examples for had previously dug from inspiring English sources

Locals who had previously dug the earth with just a spade lost their right to do so and were forced to become salaried laborers for the companies.

For these earlier dinosaur cousins, scientists had previously dug up bones dating from 242 million years ago and had found footprints from about 247 million years ago.

One elephant, using its tusks and trunk, stripped bark from a nearby tree and chewed it until it made a large ball, then plugged a waterhole it had previously dug and covered the plug with sand.

We've previously dug into issues on the infrastructure planning and financing side.

Curiosity, which has been exploring Gale Crater since it landed in 2012, has previously dug up signs of organic molecules in the ancient lakebed, by taking rock samples and subjecting them to the suite of laboratory instruments in its belly.

Chen's fellow activist Hu Jia stated that Chen had been planning escape for a long time, and had previously attempted to dig a tunnel for escape.

Fusion GPS, the Washington-based firm that was hired to commission the dossier, had previously been paid via a conservative website to dig up dirt on Mr Trump.

"As the contaminated soils are dug they can release odours that had previously been trapped underground," he said.

Military commanders had previously said they were not sure whether the militants would dig in and fight to the death, knowing that the city would eventually be lost.

The team also dug into botnet architectures — and were able to spot a cryptocurrency scam botnet which Twitter had previously been recommending other users follow.

The two rappers had previously denied there being a rift between them, despite repeated suggestion of subtle digs in each other's lyrics.