Example sentences of "but since it [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 But since it had been adopted , the Councillor mentioned above was able to get approval for a motion acknowledging that the Education Committee had voted to close the school on grounds incompatible with its own policy .
2 But since it seemed that her car was going nowhere without one , ‘ Could the mechanic fit one for me — as a matter of some urgency ? ’ she asked anxiously — and discovered that her rescuer must have already put that same question to him .
3 But since it happened , in these days
4 One recommendation was to rotate sheep through paddocks , but since it involved the return of the sheep to their previously grazed paddocks in the same season , this was of little value .
5 Hungarians understand perfectly well that this may be due to internal Romanian reasons — the Romanian army had played some part in the initial repression in Timisoara , but since it joined the rebellion this fact has been conveniently forgotten .
6 Two other methods , which did not involve a return to the original pasture , were strip grazing , in which sheep were confined to a narrow strip across the field by fences which were moved every few days , and creep grazing , in which a single fence confined the ewes , but since it possessed a " creep " or hole , allowed the lambs to graze forward .
7 But since it did , since it changed your life and the lives of at least four other people , all you can do now is go on paying forever — one way or another — for the consequences .
8 But since it did n't happen on their home ground they will be requesting witnesses from where it did happen .
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