Example sentences of "time since she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a long time since she had last seen Michael : it was seven months , two weeks and three days , four if she counted today . |
| 2 | She had shown him with pride to both her mother and grandmother and had carried him to bed more deeply satisfied than at any time since she had been weaned from Phoebe 's now forgotten breasts . |
| 3 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 4 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 5 | In the time since she had moved downstairs , and Alison had moved in upstairs , she had meditated much , almost as a detached spectator , upon the comparative stability of her incompatible moods , whereby she was , as it were , becalmed . |
| 6 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 7 | She reached for her silk dressing gown and pulled it on ; she felt good , it had been a long time since she had awoken feeling so alive . |
| 8 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
| 9 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 10 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 11 | But when they began to steal away from their tasks to sit beside her and smoke their pipes , Grainne felt more honoured than at any time since she had occupied Ireland 's Throne . |
| 12 | Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden . |
| 13 | It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble . |
| 14 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
| 15 | He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths . |
| 16 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 17 | ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’ |
| 18 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 19 | Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold . |
| 20 | A long time since she had done that . |
| 21 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 22 | It was a long time since she had been awakened by the dream — not since she had worked as a journalist with Query — but meeting Felipe de Santis had stirred it all up . |
| 23 | It was a long time since she had really belonged anywhere . |
| 24 | It was a long time since she had felt fear and it was not at all exhilarating . |
| 25 | It was a long time since she had felt that . |
| 26 | It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career . |
| 27 | He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up . |
| 28 | Been a long time since she had heard her language spoken freely . |
| 29 | Been a long time since she had worshipped with God 's people . |
| 30 | 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 . |