Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The town has been here since 1210 . |
| 2 | Two long-serving ministers , Dr Brian Mawhinney , who has been there since 1986 , and Mr Richard Needham , since 1985 , both return to senior posts in mainland ministries . |
| 3 | You got half an hour plus ten minutes relief for your refreshments and that would happen at ten in the morning and you 'd been there since seven . |
| 4 | He has taught in schools and universities in Ireland and in France , and is now Reader in French in this university , having been here since nineteen sixty six . |
| 5 | The centre ground of British politics remained the same uncertain terrain it had been ever since 1918 . |
| 6 | The Lords were more diehard , as they had been ever since 1911 , but unless their powers were restored they would denounce the government in vain . |
| 7 | He was first on with his presentation , and had been there since six-thirty to make sure there were no slip-ups with his slide presentation . |
| 8 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
| 9 | Those of us who have been here since 1987 have a sense of fortune in being involved in the tremendous and dramatic changes in the world scene , which are reflected in the Gracious Speech . |
| 10 | We have been here since 1986 and during that time the town has gone completely down the pan . ’ |
| 11 | He added : ‘ We have been here since 1986 but it has been used as a guest house since 1965 . |
| 12 | The Americans have been here since 1950 . |
| 13 | The Williams family have been here since 1797 , when Robert Williams bought the manor of Littlebredy , which had long since degenerated into a farmhouse . |
| 14 | Seismic operations have been underway since late 1990 with more than 4,000 km recorded so far . |
| 15 | Aerospatiale and Socata have been there since 1911 and will probably be there for the next 80 years , whether they buy Piper or not . |
| 16 | They have been there since last week . |
| 17 | Nobody 's gon na tell if she 's been here since five . |
| 18 | It 's been here since 1925 , but in September it 'll close . |
| 19 | ‘ Ought n't you to be fetching Lisa — she 's been there since 3 and if they 're having a party tonight they 'd probably like to get her off their hands . ’ |