Example sentences of "since [pers pn] [vb base] been [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled .
2 I have managed to apply it at least once a year since I 've been on the Bench .
3 ‘ The first half was the worst we 've ever had since I 've been at the club .
4 Since I 've been in the East , I 've met many women — Egyptian , French , Greek , Jewish , Turkish , and English , too .
5 Striker Atkinson said : ‘ I 've felt better since I 've been in the unit .
6 ‘ It 's been a long time since I 've been in the semis of a Grand Slam tournament . ’
7 He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House .
8 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 .
9 Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that .
10 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 .
11 Er I do n't know but I would i I would reckon the crime rate since we 've been on the flats , even though the the flats are emptying out , h h has dropped er dramatically .
12 But since we 've been on the flats , there 's probably been half a dozen muggings .
13 Is it any wonder that every one of my hon. Friends is now inundated with more complaints about housing matters than at any time since we have been in the House ?
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