Example sentences of "[adv] since [pers pn] have been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less .
2 A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them .
3 It was so long since she had been to a party like this .
4 In a postscript Dr. Yeats reported that he had subsequently seen both Dr. Thackeray and Mr. Leech who had been together since he had been with them on the previous day .
5 It 's just since he 's been in the flats .
6 Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages .
7 Erm , somebody tells me that Sarah is erm doing very well but has had a foul cold ever since she 's been over there , is she very well now ?
8 Ever since she 's been under threat of eviction .
9 She 's had it ever since she 's been in that house .
10 Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect .
11 ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled .
12 Ever since I 've been on board .
13 Gill , 27 , said last night : ‘ Ever since I have been in football I have yearned for a chance to play in Europe .
14 ‘ But I have watched you a little since you have been in this house .
15 Secondly , on the issue of the precedents for making a defendant prove his defence in the way in which the Bill requires , I argue that every year — certainly since I have been in the House — we have created numerous new offences which have defences attached to them , usually for those who can show that they acted reasonably or that they used due diligence to ensure that they avoided committing an offence .
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