Example sentences of "time since [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems a long time since we had a chance to talk alone . ’ |
| 2 | It is , after all , a short time since we accepted without question the assumption that used to underline all women 's lives ; that men had more rights than we did . |
| 3 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 4 | It seems a long time since we ate together in this kitchen . |
| 5 | ‘ T is some time since we met . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is a long time since we saw you here . ’ |
| 7 | It is a long time since we spoke , is n't it ? ’ |
| 8 | I am aware it is some time since we spoke regarding Beeslack but I have been awaiting a response from , Senior Education Maintenance Officer concerning the tree planting proposed for the rough area in the corner of the playing field . |
| 9 | It seems a long time since we started , |
| 10 | It 's a long time since we did that . ’ |
| 11 | Long time since we did a fall . ’ |
| 12 | Labour 's positive agenda opens up the prospect for the first time since we joined the Community in 1973 of Britain participating constructively in the European Community . |
| 13 | Most of the time since we arrived back in England my mind has been full of thoughts about Fiona . |
| 14 | It rained for the first time since we arrived in Sian today ; There has been a drought all winter , and the townsfolk have been out into the countryside to help water the crops . |
| 15 | that 's a long time since they said we could have it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . " |
| 18 | Not a single time since they came here . |
| 19 | It was a long time since they 'd done anything together . |
| 20 | Jacko looked him in the eyes for the first time since they 'd met . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold . |
| 23 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 24 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 25 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | For the first time since they had left the house , he seemed rather less relaxed . |
| 30 | 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 . |