Example sentences of "time since i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I actually slept fairly well last night , for the first time since I got here . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a long time since I touched that organ . |
| 3 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 4 | I mean I I it 's a long time since I left it . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a long time since I went outside . |
| 6 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
| 7 | It 's a long time since I saw you looking so well . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's quite a long time since I made any . |
| 9 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 10 | How odd , Alec thought , I 've been thinking about her all the time since I came here , trying to think of some way of seeing her again . |
| 11 | ‘ But for the first time since I came to England in August 1977 , I 'll be hoping Liverpool do n't win again . |
| 12 | It 's odd ( and I feel a little guilty ) but I have been feeling happier today than at any time since I came here . |
| 13 | Then turning quickly to Aggie , he added , ‘ Long time since I said that , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ The whole time since I heard that Walter would be released unconditionally I have been wondering how things will work with him being allowed out at night and to talk to whoever he wishes and me sitting at home in the evenings , gagged . ’ |
| 17 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 18 | It is some time since I heard news of him . |
| 19 | ‘ It is some time since I heard that last piece played so well . ’ |
| 20 | Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it . |
| 21 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 22 | ‘ And a trip on the S-Bahn , it is a long time since I had one . ’ |
| 23 | It was quite some time since I had last played and , inhaling huge lungfuls of air as I did so , I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent with my supra-sonic service , my cunning topspins , bottomspins , sidespins , every-this-and-thatspins . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 25 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 26 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 27 | It was a long time since I had helped to ring shear waters on Skokholm , another of the Pembrokeshire islands , and I wanted my children to see — and hear — the strange petrels . |
| 28 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 29 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |
| 30 | It was a long time since I had bought a card to celebrate the arrival of a new baby . |