Example sentences of "since his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gillespie wrote back accepting the contents of the letter but since his 65th birthday he has refused to hand over the shares . |
| 2 | Since his second stroke he had found the effort of conversation hardly worth the meagre rewards . |
| 3 | Also about this time Leopold compiled a list entitled ‘ Verzeichniss alles desjenigen was dieser 12jährige Knab seit seinem 7tem Jahre componiert , und in originali kann aufgezeiget werden ’ — [ List of everything that this 12-year old boy has composed since his 7th year , and can be exhibited in the originals ] ( 11 ) , and this may be a draft or copy of a document which accompanied the petition to Emperor Joseph II . |
| 4 | But by 1212 he had lost the king 's confidence and favour , and had to offer an enormous fine of 6,000 marks for acquittances for himself and his staff for all arrears since his first appointment as Chief Forest Justice in 1198 . |
| 5 | There is little argument that , other than by the Augusta book , Tom Kite — the world 's all-time leading money winner , twice runner-up in the Masters , with only two cuts missed since his first appearance in 1976 , one of them last year — should have been in . |
| 6 | In response , Major has only been able to parrot the phrase that has sustained him since his first day in office : ‘ All the ingredients of recovery are in place … ’ |
| 7 | His object attained , the remaining nine years of his life brought to a head many problems between himself and the labour movement which had been latent since his first incursion into a very different labour scene in 1887 . |
| 8 | Since his first meeting with Wagner in 1868 he had known of the latter 's conviction that Schopenhauer was " the only philosopher who had understood the essence of music " . |
| 9 | Obviously their kiss had been a mistake and a fiasco from the start , and her own wariness about her naïve feelings for him had rung warning bells in her mind since his first mention of a ‘ private nursing job ’ . |
| 10 | Border had not passed the 50 mark since his first innings of the tour against Somerset . |
| 11 | He did not blame the boy , or Jean-Paul , or Algeria , or colonialism , or even himself : he blamed God , the deity of his childhood , whom he had not worshipped since his sixteenth birthday . |
| 12 | The application form for a driving test had lain , unfilled in , in the muddle on his bedroom table since his seventeenth birthday . |
| 13 | He noticed that hundreds of mushrooms had sprouted since his last visit , some as large as saucers . |
| 14 | In a codicil Sir William asked Charles Greville , his heir , from whom he had ‘ bought ’ Emma , to pay the debts she had accumulated since his last settlement . |
| 15 | Taking advantage of the good weather and the amazing lack of activity since his last blitz , Andy Nisbet returned to the quartzite and sandstone cliffs of Coire Mhic Fhearchair on Beinn Eighe adding another ten routes with various partners ( more details next mont ) . |
| 16 | He lies awake and thinks how , since his last illness , the will to live has left him . |
| 17 | But Healy , 8 at the time , went on to make 41 , adding 71 with Border , who finished undefeated with 91 , his highest score in 55 Test innings since his last century , at Faisalabad in Sept 1988 . |
| 18 | Over 20 years since his last appearance , Piggott partnered the Queen 's Desert Lore to victory in the Timeform Race Card Maiden . |
| 19 | The room had been tidied since his last visit . |
| 20 | precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme |
| 21 | Vendelin Gajdusek did not question her , anyhow , though he still seemed to be insisting on the administration of some antiseptic , for , ‘ This way , ’ he instructed , and , turning , he gave an instruction to the Dobermann , who had not moved an inch since his last instruction . |