Example sentences of "[adj] time since [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 5 | ‘ It seems a long time since we had a chance to talk alone . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It seemed a long time since she had been out of her apartment , longer still since she had taken a walk . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble . |
| 11 | It had been a long time since she had felt this way . |
| 12 | A long time since she had done that . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was a long time since she had really belonged anywhere . |
| 15 | It was a long time since she had felt fear and it was not at all exhilarating . |
| 16 | It was a long time since she had felt that . |
| 17 | Been a long time since she had heard her language spoken freely . |
| 18 | Been a long time since she had worshipped with God 's people . |
| 19 | And he said well it 's a long time since you had the accident . |
| 20 | Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic . |
| 21 | ‘ And a trip on the S-Bahn , it is a long time since I had one . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . " |
| 25 | It was a long time since I had bought a card to celebrate the arrival of a new baby . |
| 26 | Ma maybe twenty nine , even thirty , depending , but if it er , mind you I do n't know , because it 's a long time since I had a look at 'em . |
| 27 | It 's a long long time since I had it . |
| 28 | It was a long time since he had seen Mr Whistle . |
| 29 | He admitted modestly that it was a long time since he had been at school , but one phrase he had understood was ‘ Vive la link box ! ’ . |
| 30 | It had been a long time since he had felt like that . |