Example sentences of "time since they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |
| 2 | For the first time since they began the surveys , Dun and Bradstreet report a negative outlook for the profits of retailers , which indicates a gloomy outlook for consumer spending in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 3 | Without any recourse to molecular interpretation Boltzmann proposed that " the forces which act on the surface of an elementary parallelepiped at the given time but also on the previous extensions , with the promise that the longer the time since they took place the smaller their effect . " |
| 4 | Not a single time since they came here . |
| 5 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 6 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 7 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 8 | ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold . |
| 9 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 10 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 11 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 12 | He greeted her pleasantly , seemingly unaware of the length of time since they had last met , and her pride made her take her cue from him . |
| 13 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 14 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 15 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 16 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 17 | After clinching the Bob Lord Trophy against Runcorn in midweek , Wycombe travel to Altrincham today hoping to relieve Colchester of the leadership for the first time since they went top five months ago . |
| 18 | A nine-year-old , he is the ideal age and will be ridden by Hywel Davies for the first time since they won the 1989 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup . |
| 19 | And the Tynesiders could be among the medals for the first time since they won the event in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 20 | After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back . |
| 21 | KENNY MORRIS starred in his own version of ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ in front of the cameras yesterday as Holywood clinched the Harp Senior League Championship for the first time since they changed their name from Belfast YMCA in 1987 . |
| 22 | SINCE the Danes said Yes to the treaty of Maastricht on May 18th , Europe 's exchange-rate mechanism ( ERM ) has appeared calmer than at any time since they voted No a year earlier . |