Example sentences of "time since she [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It had been a long time since she had felt this way .
2 It was a long time since she had felt fear and it was not at all exhilarating .
3 It was a long time since she had felt that .
4 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 .
5 He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths .
6 A long time since she had done that .
7 In the time since she had moved downstairs , and Alison had moved in upstairs , she had meditated much , almost as a detached spectator , upon the comparative stability of her incompatible moods , whereby she was , as it were , becalmed .
8 For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob .
9 It seemed a long time since she had stood there watching the boats and noticing how brief lack of caution led to trouble .
10 Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden .
11 Been a long time since she had heard her language spoken freely .
12 Been a long time since she had worshipped with God 's people .
13 ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’
14 He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it .
15 It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career .
16 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 .
17 But when they began to steal away from their tasks to sit beside her and smoke their pipes , Grainne felt more honoured than at any time since she had occupied Ireland 's Throne .
18 In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy .
19 Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold .
20 In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London .
21 A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England .
22 A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it .
23 She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house .
24 He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up .
25 Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them .
26 He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced .
27 His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own .
28 It had been a long time since she 'd met anyone even remotely interesting , and whatever this man was he certainly was n't remote !
29 For the first time since she 'd met him there was genuine warmth in his eyes , concern robbing his features of their normal granite harshness .
30 The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching .
  Next page