Example sentences of "since he [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since he became first their prisoner and then their enforced guest , Nicholas had rarely met all his present masters ; and had thought it best not to seek their company . |
| 2 | That was what he 'd thought of every morning since he 'd first started feeding them with Mrs Wright 's grain . |
| 3 | He wore gloves , as he had since he 'd first entered the vehicle — stolen from a food depot a hundred miles to the north . |
| 4 | She had been his housekeeper since he had first moved into the rectory with Adelaide , and she looked after him with a devotion bordering on obsession . |
| 5 | In two weeks ' time it would be one year since he had first come to Iraq . |
| 6 | Whitlock had been going to Le Chantilly restaurant on East 57th Street since he had first arrived in New York in 1980 . |
| 7 | If Alain had been intrigued by her colouring since he had first seen her then why had n't Marguerite said so ? |
| 8 | It had been forty years since he had first met Felicity ; they had been students at the Sorbonne reading a course entitled ‘ Civilisation francaise ’ , paid for by their indulgent fathers . |
| 9 | She placed a cup of coffee in front of him , but Travis was still letting go with everything that had been tearing away at him ever since he had first clapped eyes on Rosemary . |