Example sentences of "[adj] time since i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is some time since I heard news of him . |
| 2 | ‘ It is some time since I heard that last piece played so well . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's quite a long time since I made any . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a long time since I went outside . |
| 8 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
| 9 | Because it 's a long time since I felt like this , as good as I do now . |
| 10 | Vienna Dear Fräulein Arandt , It is a very long time since I heard from you . |
| 11 | Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a long time since I touched that organ . |
| 13 | It 's a long time since I saw you looking so well . |
| 14 | This is a very beautiful music , serene , noble , discreet , poignant , composed , grief-stricken , understated , sublime — it has been a long time since I discovered anything quite so touching . |
| 15 | Then turning quickly to Aggie , he added , ‘ Long time since I said that , is n't it ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And a trip on the S-Bahn , it is a long time since I had one . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a long time since I had any of those . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . " |
| 20 | It was a long time since I had bought a card to celebrate the arrival of a new baby . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It 's a long long time since I had it . |
| 23 | I mean I I it 's a long time since I left it . |
| 24 | It is a long time since I used this word processor , so I am pretty dozy about it still , but I reckon it is an improvement on my handwriting . |
| 25 | Subject : Beeney A Long Time Since I Conceded A Goal |
| 26 | Subject : Re : Beeney A Long Time Since I Conceded A Goal |
| 27 | It is a long time since I dressed up . ’ |
| 28 | For the first time since I had been shot down I was alone . |
| 29 | For the first time since I had come to the college I had access to student political material because my boyfriend was reading the posters , leaflets and student newspapers to me . |
| 30 | For the first time since I had to leave home , this is a place that will leave a scar . |