Example sentences of "[vb pp] since [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The international pre-eminence the country had enjoyed since defeating Napoleon in 1812 was brought to an abrupt end by the Crimean War ( 1853–56 ) . |
| 2 | She wondered again how many offences she had committed since failing to go to the police in Paris . |
| 3 | That night a civil engineer — charming , sensible , honest — told me how Rhodesia has boomed since declaring her independence . |
| 4 | The new occupants of the off-licence , also Asian , have not been attacked since moving in three months ago . |
| 5 | Equally personal is Janet Smith 's The World Outside My Window , the first piece she has made since disbanding her company and the first in a long time that she has made to please herself . |
| 6 | President , I would take this opportunity on behalf of the region to condra sorry , congratulate Nigel on the excellent work that he has done since becoming the National Health and Safety Officer . |
| 7 | All in honour of the Macmillan Nurses , so it was probably about the most worthwhile thing I have done since becoming an MP . |
| 8 | He is succeeded by Russell Planitzer , the company 's chairman and the leader of the buyout group that has struggled since acquiring the former parent , Prime Computer Inc in 1989 . |
| 9 | We had talked already over the telephone about her radical decision a few months ago to begin wearing the traditional Muslim dress , and how relieved she had felt since changing what she wore , feeling that she was ‘ expressing something she had felt all along ’ . |
| 10 | At midday we stopped at a rest-house , a square concrete building by the roadside , the only structure we had seen since leaving Cairo , four hours before . |
| 11 | Dawn broke as we reached Trujillo , the only decent-looking town we had seen since leaving Lima . |
| 12 | It had started to snow , the first I 'd seen since leaving Toronto . |
| 13 | ‘ No one … ’ began Sally-Anne passionately , thinking of all that she had seen since arriving in Vetch Street — the poor creatures in Dr Neil 's surgery , and the even poorer ones who could not afford to go there — and of Dr Neil 's own selflessness letting people off their bills , so that only the small income he still received from an aunt 's legacy allowed him to keep going at all , when he could have been revelling with Stair . |
| 14 | I have noticed since having a baby myself ( a little boy ) how attitudes about such things as ‘ prettiness ’ and looks start much younger than that . |
| 15 | When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive . |
| 16 | Improved and expanded since opening in the early 70's the marina has matured into a real alternative to the South Coast . |
| 17 | What training have I had since leaving school ? |
| 18 | What jobs have I had since leaving full-time education ? |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't believe what 's happened today , but I have to say it was the best 45 minutes I 've had since coming back , ’ he smiled . |
| 20 | One of the battles my friends and I have had since coming to Rhodesia has been to stay out of the little box into which some people would like to pop us . |
| 21 | Bill Morrison was posted here during the war and amazed everyone by contacting the hotel in 1991 to return one of their beer glasses which he had had since waiting at the bar one night during the way only to have them run out of beer . |
| 22 | Becoming Peaceful Mental disorders such as anxiety , depression and insomnia can often be helped since freeing our body from all its stresses and strains will naturally affect the mind . |
| 23 | With a start of shame she realised that she 'd scarcely paid her sister a moment 's thought since entering the gardens . |
| 24 | Even Tobias and Lydia were housed in better quarters , while he was still ‘ in the lads ’ room' , where he had slept since leaving the cradle . |
| 25 | The concept of jurisdiction is much more difficult , as we will see , and its use is perhaps best avoided since acting without jurisdiction is just one example of acting illegally . |
| 26 | Goram has not played since receiving a kick on the knee against FC Brugge ; Gough has missed Rangers ' last five matches because of a hamstring problem ; Steven has played only once during that time , as has Ferguson ; while Huistra last featured in Smith 's team against Arbroath ten days ago when Arbroath were eliminated from the Scottish Cup ten days ago . |
| 27 | Much has been made of the traumatic aspect of being born , yet infants of all species have been born since bearing began and it would be surprising if natural processes did not allow for the experience . |
| 28 | He has eaten plenty of them at the Brighton guest house where the Commonwealth of Independent States team , paid for by race sponsors ADT , have stayed since arriving . |
| 29 | Hobbs , who last played for Great Britain in France in 1987 , returns to international favour on the strength of the maturity he has displayed since taking over the captaincy at Bradford this season . |
| 30 | She and Maggie worked at The Haven hotel where they 'd been employed since leaving school three years previously . |