Example sentences of "[adv] since [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Neil Kinnock said last night that the rise in interest rates was ‘ a shattering blow both to households right across Britain and also to industries , and it 's even worse because it 's a blow that has been gathering ever since the first day that this Government decided its one and only economic policy would be a reliance on interest rates ’ . |
2 | Ever since the first time she had seen the Hare-woman standing in the Post Office , staring with her luminous eyes as she told one lie after another , she had known that there was something wrong about her . |
3 | ‘ I have always wanted to do it ever since the first time you took me to see it when I was young . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've been crazy about him ever since the first time I saw him . ’ |
5 | ‘ I 've known just what sort of a woman you are ever since the first time I was unfortunate enough to meet you — though I confess I did n't realise even you could stoop quite as low as you have this time . ’ |
6 | Ace had been giving her conflicting messages ever since the first time they 'd met again outside her bedroom door in France . |
7 | But I did n't think of anything else since the first moment I laid eyes on you , either . ’ |