Example sentences of "it be [noun] since [pers pn] had " in BNC.

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1 It 's ages since I had a haircut .
2 It 's years since I had one in my house . ’
3 It 's years since I had porridge — I think .
4 She watched him go , realizing it was weeks since they had sat down for dinner together without an interruption , and over a week since they had made love .
5 But it was years since she had felt at ease in any store which went back a long way from the street and therefore had no windows through which she could see daylight .
6 It was years since she had last been to an art class .
7 It was years since she had ridden a bike too , not since she had been at school and had cycled home each day .
8 It was years since she had spent time alone with her father .
9 It was years since he had read it but he thought Jung had said something about the universal need for secret societies .
10 And he had to confess that it was years since he had had such notions .
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