He had caught enough of that previous conversation to wonder.

No, the lady only asked me some question connected with the previous conversation.

After the previous conversation, she had expected some form of sympathy, not this.

Their previous conversation could have been recorded from a distance.

The memory of the previous conversation came back to him like an echo.

He made an effort to focus on their previous conversation.

After all, the man had been so encouraging in their previous conversations.

Certainly he did not understand her remark, part of their previous conversation.

She'd told him about it in previous conversations, of course.