Example sentences of "day since he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had been days since he had managed to obtain a good , large dish of fresh-cooked vegetables . |
| 2 | It was 17 days since he had last locked the door of his office , turned down the lights , and unscrewed the cap of his walking stick , and heard Dr Tariq and Professor Khan discuss a series of meetings in Europe . |
| 3 | It was just eighty-eight days since he had recaptured his capital of Paris , yet in those few days he had shown the world how an emperor made armies . |
| 4 | He had seen for himself the progress that had been made in the three days since he had last visited the laboratories . |
| 5 | It seemed several days since he had seen the girls ' bodies in their mockery of repose at the embalmer 's shed that morning . |
| 6 | It was only days since he had made it quite clear he was unavailable , that her presence was unwanted . |
| 7 | It had been less than two days since he had met the Doctor , and he had had little rest . |
| 8 | It could not be three days since he had been left in the dark ; was it even three hours ? |
| 9 | Just seven days since he 'd gone , and each one had seemed like an eternity . |
| 10 | It 's a year to within two days since he put the brave Londoner into a coma , from which he is only now slowly recovering . |
| 11 | Light ; flowers ; brass fittings ; solemn intonation ; and in that box the already decomposing remains of the man who had occupied the corner desk in Dyson 's office each day since he had taken the department over . |
| 12 | worked a day since he left the skill . |