Example sentences of "since [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible to get any indication since my instructions from the Foreign Office were to negotiate only with Mr Smith and his people and not to have any contact with the black population during the period of my negotiations . |
| 2 | Though she had dined with Red Leland that evening and had seemed as pleased to meet him again as he had been to see her , though I had frequently brought up his name since my holiday started , each time she had immediately changed the subject . |
| 3 | Mr and Mrs Bryant would be thrilled to have a family living in your old home once again — and , since my holiday plans have fallen through , I 'd be happy to come down and help you with the twins . ’ |
| 4 | Now , the reason I called was , that I have always been out of the phone directory ever since my name got well known in showbiz . |
| 5 | Since my water is very , very hard and alkaline , I decided this was the source of the problem and added rainwater to soften it down to something closer to John 's conditions . |
| 6 | Since my presence seems to be provoking you to acts of wild aggression , I think it would be best to leave you in peace for a while . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a long time since my duties have called me here , ’ said Mahmoud . |
| 8 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 9 | Since my hotel is within sight , I tell him he can go . |
| 10 | He concentrates his energies on survival and focuses his hope on the second addition to his life since my departure : a son , now quite as tall as his father and doing well at school . |
| 11 | I recently returned to Bali for the first time since my Los Angeles house burned down . |
| 12 | Since my wife died two years ago , I 've lived in a flat on my own . |
| 13 | My mother has lived with me and run my house since my wife died four years ago . |
| 14 | Since my wife was diagnosed with the illness , I have been researching alternative cures during which time I have come into contact with the ‘ Association stop au cancer ’ based at 29 Bd Gambetta , 73000 Chambery Cedex , France . |
| 15 | and that a week before it happened , what 's happened to her , cos she do n't hear from her , and she said you know , I , it 's been twenty five years since my mum died Anne , she said and if I did n't make a life , |
| 16 | And that , I swear to you , dear reader , was the first moment since my awakening at which I had realised what a very special day it was . |
| 17 | Since my remarks were unnecessary for the decision , R. not having yet attained the age of 16 , I am free to reconsider the matter and to reach an opposite conclusion . |
| 18 | ‘ Since my lady commands it , ’ replied Joan with a small mocking curtsy . |
| 19 | She always has , ever since my Dad was in hospital when he died and the nurses wheeled the flowers out every night . |
| 20 | I had been doing my best to mime the odd prayer since my dad died , but I had a feeling she saw through me . |
| 21 | What he had just said , if that was what he had said , was as frightening as anything else that had happened since my dad died . |
| 22 | Since my dad died she had got smaller and smaller . |
| 23 | In fact since my sister is likely to share half my genes my behaviour is probably only one-half less fit than if I had behaved totally selfishly . |
| 24 | Since my firm gives us all private health insurance , which involves an annual check-up , I know I am in good health . |
| 25 | It struck me that since my discovery of AIM two years ago , my drawing , painting , and knowledge of other media and techniques have greatly improved . |
| 26 | It struck me that since my discovery of AIM two years ago , my drawing , painting , and knowledge of other media and techniques have greatly improved . |
| 27 | ‘ I have never seen or heard since my knowledge of things , ’ wrote a British admiral in 1745 , ‘ that one of our ships alone , singly opposed to one of the enemy 's of equal force , has taken her , and I have been in almost every action and skirmish since the year 1718 , and yet we are daily boasting of the prowess of our Fleet . ’ |
| 28 | ( The facts that Rousseau never used the phrase ‘ noble savage ’ , and that Hobbes has been widely misinterpreted are irrelevant here , since my concern is not with the conceptions that two seminal thinkers actually articulated , but is rather with the stereotyped dichotomous conceptions of human nature and human society that have come to be associated with their names . ) |
| 29 | Having said that , I must admit to a vested interest since my concern with Riley 's view of work by contemporary artists , and the dismissive nature of the term ‘ simulationist ’ is allied with a desire in my own work to somehow examine more keenly the principle foundations upon which notions of ‘ abstraction ’ are laid . |
| 30 | Well , I say a small town , it was more of a village really , but I live in Mannheim now , since my parents died … anyway , when things came to a head , I failed to support her , though I agreed with her really — up to a point that is , there were some things I disagreed with her about . |