Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] since [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Berliners aim to realise the potential that 's eluded them since the war , and the development of no man 's land is crucial ; the practical realisation of unification , and it 's fraught with problems . |
| 2 | Mellor claimed that he had been driven out of office by the tabloid press , which had pursued him since the discovery in July of his extramarital affair with an actress , Antonia de Sancha . |
| 3 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 4 | No , I have n't seen him since the . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know ; I have n't seen her since the prime Minister arrived . ’ |
| 6 | We 've done it since the oldest was five , so why stop it now , a mere 20 odd years later ? |
| 7 | Her body still clenched by the tension which had gripped her since the overwhelming surprise of Luke 's reference to Elise , Merrill made a conscious effort to loosen up . |
| 8 | Naturally enough , they had n't played it since the boy had entered adolescence . |
| 9 | They 've known it since the ball was confiscated and changed at Lamb 's insistence six days ago . |
| 10 | The Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) won Lower Saxony from the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , which had held it since the mid-1970s ( in coalition with the Free Democrats since the last state election in 1986 — see pp. 34503-04 ) ; the SPD also retained its absolute majority in North Rhine-Westphalia ( with 11,000,000 voters Germany 's most populous state ) , where it had held control for 24 years . |