Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] since he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been eleven months since he 'd seen or spoken to Chester , but he was greeted as effusively as ever , and ushered in . |
| 2 | Thirty-six hours since he had been roused . |
| 3 | It was less than seventy-two hours since he had heard of the finding of Riddle 's clothes , but it seemed much longer . |
| 4 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 5 | BELFAST jockey Pat McWilliams is beginning to settle down and ride a few winners since he returned from England before Christmas facing an uncertain future . |
| 6 | This south-eastern quarter was to Stephen 's mind the least beautiful , but it was some weeks since he had been there and he liked to keep the whole of the moor under surveillance . |
| 7 | He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England . |
| 8 | It had been forty years since he had first met Felicity ; they had been students at the Sorbonne reading a course entitled ‘ Civilisation francaise ’ , paid for by their indulgent fathers . |
| 9 | It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again . |
| 10 | There is undeniably some truth in that but , when you look in any detail at Montgomerie 's so-called failures since he won the Scandinavian Masters in 1991 , it has more often than not been less a question of his losing the tournament than of someone else winning it . |
| 11 | During the six years since he joined the company , he has been involved in many of the major changes that have taken place . |
| 12 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |
| 13 | Neil has travelled 2,000 miles since he bought the Primera at the turn of the year . |
| 14 | It 's eleven years since he died , but Howard recognizes his voice at once , and is able to save him the embarrassment of deciding whether to say , ‘ This is your father , ’ or , ‘ This is Laurence , ’ or , ‘ This is your Dad . ’ |
| 15 | It was almost three months since he had been home , but now , standing there , it seemed that he had never been away . |
| 16 | SMOKEY ROBINSON has been singing and writing his love sings since the age of 13 and it 's a whole three decades since he had his first hit . |
| 17 | He 's done more than just survive in the 31 years since he lost his legs . |
| 18 | He had seen for himself the progress that had been made in the three days since he had last visited the laboratories . |
| 19 | It could not be three days since he had been left in the dark ; was it even three hours ? |
| 20 | In the three years since he had broken through as a pop star , Kylie has constructed a network of companies to handle her affairs . |
| 21 | Vogts has been determined to bring on younger players since he took over , his hand forced somewhat by the disappearance of veterans like libero Klaus Augenthaler , defender Andreas Brehme and striker Rudi Voeller from international football . |
| 22 | After the victory at Filbert Street , Rovers ' first away win of the season , Yates said : ‘ We 've shown great improvement in the three games since he arrived . ’ |
| 23 | He saw and he cared , but it had been many months since he had counted with her . |
| 24 | How many years since he had whipped up the spirits for any party ? |
| 25 | It was many years since he 'd had anything in common with his foster family and she would have expected him to use his sojourn in America as a tactful method of ending the association , of breaking ties that could have no conceivable advantage for him . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was now ten years since he had died , and during the first year she had herself pushed the handcart out almost every day for , except for young Ben , she was on her own . |
| 29 | It was ten years since he had been in Europe . |
| 30 | It was ten years since he came north , married a young Indian model called Raksha and went straight . |