Example sentences of "since i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I 'd been living in the flat , Shadwell had been coming to see Eva at least once a week , during the day , when Dad was at the office . |
| 2 | Though I 'd visited the family in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi , it had been two years since I 'd been to their camp on the Gulf . |
| 3 | Ever since I 'd been a youngster , watching and playing football , Hibs have held an important place in the game . |
| 4 | Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) . |
| 5 | I replied I had not , since I had been lucky enough so far not to have been forced to fight for my survival . |
| 6 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 7 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 8 | Ever since I had been taken prisoner I had found the presence of German helmets fascinating . |
| 9 | All this had been done and was being done every day all over Europe by the people whom I had found so pleasant and human ever since I had been shot down . |
| 10 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 11 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 12 | Anyway , I knew what she was going through since I had been obliged to have all my top teeth out just before the storms started because they ached so much . |
| 13 | The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in . |
| 14 | Since I had been at the university we had seen far less of each other . |
| 15 | He had been curled up there , dead in his basket , since I had been a child in a velvet-collared coat . |
| 16 | As it had been years since I had been anywhere further away from Fontanellato than Parma , I had no hesitation in saying that I would like to go to Bologna . |
| 17 | Every night since I had been ill , she had ridden to Wuthering Heights and spent the evening with her cousin . |
| 18 | This was a disappointment , since I had been striving even more to acquire expertise in Italian affairs , and I was doing some propaganda work for the BBC , some of which was ‘ beamed ’ to the Arab population of Libya . |
| 19 | ‘ Chinese and Western cuisines have very different styles , but since I 've been here , I 've realised that once chefs have the chance to exchange views and work together , it 's very easy to adapt to a new style of cooking . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 22 | Since I 've been in the East , I 've met many women — Egyptian , French , Greek , Jewish , Turkish , and English , too . |
| 23 | I never stopped loving you , but somehow since I 've been abroad , and you 've been ‘ out in the world ’ , we seem to have struck a deeper note , and more powerful … |
| 24 | Since I 've been back at work , life has been just great . |
| 25 | It 's had about ten or twelve names since I 've been going there , though some of them were just for one night , just for a party or celebration , and even then the name was never written up anywhere , you just had to know that tonight it was The Lily Pond , or The Jewel Box , The Gigolo , The Hustler , The Place ( no , I think that was somewhere else ) , Grave Charges ( I loved that one ) — or The You Know You Like It , I remember that year especially . |
| 26 | No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them . |
| 27 | The solo on Since I 've Been Loving You is amazing ! |
| 28 | ‘ The first half was the worst we 've ever had since I 've been at the club . |
| 29 | Striker Atkinson said : ‘ I 've felt better since I 've been in the unit . |
| 30 | Taylor said enthusiastically : ‘ After the win against Turkey , it was the first time since I 've been England manager that I 've gone back into the dressing room and felt the emotions I did as a club manager . |