Example sentences of "time since they [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first of all I 'd like to congratulate the officers on the report er I 'm sure that those people who have been reading the reports and officers of the County Council for some years er will have probably er , er it 's been a long time since they 've read one that 's been expressed in such strong terms . |
| 2 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 3 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 4 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 5 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 6 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 7 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 8 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 9 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 10 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |