Example sentences of "ever since [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him that ever since listening to my father 's vivid descriptions of Constantinople I had always wanted to visit the city , but that I had been sadly disillusioned by the Turks I had seen on my way to the Embassy ; they had looked so incongruous in second-hand European clothes . |
| 2 | Ever since entering the hulk Jaq had been aware of daemonic shielding . |
| 3 | Later I had the honour and privilege of meeting Odette Churchill , the heroine of the French Resistance , someone I had admired for years , ever since reading about her exploits when she received her medal after the war . |
| 4 | Yanto recalled him boasting in the pub that ‘ be prepared ’ had been his motto ever since leaving the boy scouts . |
| 5 | Alice , who has worked in Brussels and London ever since leaving Cambridge , will be starting a teaching course in the autumn . |
| 6 | They had remained wrapped in their own separate thoughts ever since leaving the hunting camp earlier in the day and had barely spoken to one another . |
| 7 | ‘ Was the rehearsal a success ? ’ she asked stiltedly , still plagued by the doubts that had been besetting her ever since leaving Gavin . |
| 8 | The Belgian-born actor has been plagued by have-a-go hard nuts ever since shooting to fame in bone-crunching movies like Double Impact and Universal Soldier . |
| 9 | Yet the team of four businessmen which owns and operated Balbirnie House has achieved an average occupancy rate of 50%–60% ever since opening . |
| 10 | Ever since coming to Portugal she had stubbornly fought off her feelings of homesickness . |
| 11 | Ever since coming upon Rousseau 's writings so long ago , I have tried to live with my dear wife above the glaciers in the condition he would have approved , that of the Noble Savage — in defiance of those citified creatures who multiply in the valleys far below . |
| 12 | I have enjoyed playing this miniature ever since finding the reproduction of it on page 248 of Eric Walter White 's Stravinsky catalogue ( 2nd edition , London , 1979 ) , but it is delightful to hear it played by a pianist of Béroff 's stature . |
| 13 | ‘ Everybody needs a base , ’ she had returned lightly , refusing to let him dull the excitement she had felt ever since finding the farmhouse . |
| 14 | Ever since filing his first application as British Atlantic , Randolph Fields had been scouring the world looking for aircraft of the right type and price . |