Example sentences of "[pron] since the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside Nagorny Karabakh , and in the Shaumyan and Khanlar regions just outside , sporadic fighting — which since the beginning of January had already left six people dead — turned into full-scale guerrilla warfare , with rival bands in possession of stolen Army weapons , armoured vehicles , makeshift rocket launchers and even helicopters . |
| 2 | The consequence of this may be , and in some cases will be , to divest a third party of title to property which since the commencement of the bankruptcy he has acquired from the bankrupt . |
| 3 | On 17 July 1054 he consecrated Godric abbot of Winchcombe , having held the abbey himself since the death of Abbot Godwin in 1053 . |
| 4 | None since the appointment of the new government in March 1990 [ see p. 37308 ] . |
| 5 | None since the appointment of the new government in January 1990 [ see p. 37275 ] . |
| 6 | In an impassioned speech to the Congress of People 's Deputies , Mr Dmitri Likhachev , who since the death of Andrei Sakharov has emerged as the conscience of the nation , argued that if President Gorbachev had to give up his party post ( as some radicals have demanded ) this ‘ will lead again to a civil war ’ . |
| 7 | ( Chris Haskins , of Northern Foods , points out that Britain has not fed itself since the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 . ) |
| 8 | But , just before I do , I hope you 'll remember that it 's me you 're talking to — the old school-friend who 's known you since the year dot . |
| 9 | I have been with you since the start of the magazine in 1978 and have every issue published , as well as the two Year Books . |
| 10 | There was no evidence of her having a psychiatric disorder , although it was clear that she had become somewhat withdrawn and had lost confidence in herself since the break-up of her relationship with her boyfriend . |
| 11 | He 'd added nothing since the night James came . |
| 12 | Uncle Ted had done absolutely nothing since the day Dad exorcized him as he sat with a record-player in his lap . |
| 13 | She said well I have n't seen nothing since the baby been born . |
| 14 | Schools are having to become more complex organisations in order to meet the varied responsibilities which have been devolved to them since the Education Reform Act ( 1988 ) . |
| 15 | A second set of trophies , the Thirsk Bowman 's Insignia , was presented in 1884 , after the death of Henry Peckett who had looked after them since the demise of that society . |
| 16 | Four strikers on the pitch had amassed 161 goals between them since the start of last season . |
| 17 | WOLVES have agreed a £100,000 fee with Coventry for defender Paul Edwards , 29 , who has been on loan with them since the start of the season . |
| 18 | But it has bothered me since the turn of the year . |
| 19 | You 've done nothing but hit on me since the day — ’ |
| 20 | There are a couple of points which have occured to me since the meeting : |
| 21 | I cast in and try to shrug off the disappointed , deflated feeling that has come over me since the anticlimax of the eel . |
| 22 | Boz is the only one she 'd tell such a thing to , but she 's already told me Boz has n't been to see her since the attack . ’ |
| 23 | He had n't spoken to her since the day before her father resigned . |
| 24 | It was the first communication she 'd had with her since the day she left the convent ignominiously and in dire disgrace . |
| 25 | The obligation to alert Vitor to his paternity had stalked her since the day of Thomas 's birth , but now it was breathing down her neck . |
| 26 | I have n't seen her since the opera . ’ |
| 27 | A wonderful change had come over her since the episode with the cockchafers . |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't seen her since the wedding . ’ |
| 29 | This was my father 's first visit to her since the war ; what made it possible was the free travel concession he now had , working for British Railways as a painter and decorator . |
| 30 | This was the first time I had seen him since the landings . |