Example sentences of "[adj] time since [pers pn] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for the second time since she 'd first met him , he turned on his heel and left her , his blistering words still seeming to echo in the very air around her . |
| 2 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 3 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
| 4 | It had been a long time since she 'd laughed , joined in a joke , been silly just for the hell of it . |
| 5 | Not a dish for a dieter , she allowed , but it was a long time since she 'd enjoyed anything quite so much . |
| 6 | In fact , it was a long time since she 'd realised she was capable of such an emotion . |
| 7 | It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote ! |
| 8 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 9 | It was a long time since he 'd organised anything like a fête . |
| 10 | It was a long , long time since he 'd gone off to America and now , at last , he was coming back on a month 's holiday . |
| 11 | It was a long time since he 'd eaten out in this style and he was shocked by the escalation of prices and VAT . |
| 12 | It was a long time since he 'd looked at them . |
| 13 | Even in the short time since he 'd chased the car along the street , she could see that he 'd gone further downhill . |
| 14 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 15 | For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real . |
| 16 | He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced . |
| 17 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 18 | For the first time since she 'd met him there was genuine warmth in his eyes , concern robbing his features of their normal granite harshness . |
| 19 | She could see it in his face , his guard , for the first time since she 'd known him , completely lowered . |
| 20 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
| 21 | Jan sat on one of our original moquette chairs and Darren picked up the atmosphere and , for the first time since I 'd met him , sat on a chair in silence . |
| 22 | Although just what she had done with all her unencumbered time since he 'd moved the rest of them to Almsmead , other than take an excessive interest in the mill-school he 'd had to build to keep on the right side of that damned , interfering Factory Act , he was uncertain . |
| 23 | He left the room and Newman swung round to face Monica who had remained like a piece of the furniture during the whole time since he 'd arrived . |