Sentence examples for had recently served from inspiring English sources

Levi Morton on the ticket with journalist Whitelaw Reid, who had recently served as U.S. ambassador to France.

These include UK personnel, among them a former Royal Navy officer who had recently served as a diplomat in Afghanistan.

When Will first met him, Gucci had recently served a six-month sentence for aggravated assault after being convicted of attacking a night-club promoter.

I had recently served as the female voice of Public Enemy, the political black-nationalist hip-hop band, and now I was finishing up my first solo CD for Epic Records.

Mr. Qadhi was an avowed supporter of Al Qaeda, but he also had recently served as a mediator for the Yemeni government with other jihadists, and was drawing a government salary at the time of his death.

Hilda's husband, Melaño, loaded the cargo into the boat, assisted by his son-in-law, Emerson Martínez, who had recently served in the Honduran Army and had built a house beside the Lezamas' house in Ahuas.

But murky affairs have recently served to distract attention from reform.

The Russian authorities have recently served Sibneft with two bills for unpaid tax totalling £797m.

While the building has recently served as a prayer space, the full center has not been built.

Louisville has recently served as the anchor in trying to keep the league together, while Rutgers and especially Connecticut flirted with other leagues.

LOS ANGELES -- Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska governor and United States senator who has recently served as president of the New School, is in negotiations to become Hollywood's top lobbyist.