Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb -s] [adv] since [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stones of the church are dark with age and the roof has long since gone . |
| 2 | The electorate has long since rumbled Tony Benn , Eric Heffer , Dennis Skinner , Ken Livingstone and the rest . |
| 3 | All of the machinery has long since disappeared , together with all the man-made water courses and ponds . |
| 4 | The Tour has long since given up those occasional easy days known as promenades , when the peloton idled along , especially on the Mediterranean coast , as though on a club run . |
| 5 | It is , no doubt , a sign of the times that the flow has long since dried up . |
| 6 | A groove in the gateway of the north-east tower marks the position of the portcullis ; and although the northern part of the castle has long since disappeared , the original floor plan is easily discernible from the remaining foundations . |