Example sentences of "since she [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since she was a schoolgirl she 's dreamed of owning shops . |
| 2 | It had lain here since she was a child . |
| 3 | It was a song she had known since she was a child and she 'd heard her mother sing it a thousand times . |
| 4 | Philip guided her by the arm into the front entrance and the hall , where a frightening array of girls in uniforms with white aprons and the cook , whom Eileen had known since she was a child , came up one by one and greeted them . |
| 5 | I 've known Kate since she was a child , and about a month ago I went to see her . |
| 6 | ‘ What happened was the first recurrence of an experience she had not had since she was a child . |
| 7 | Claudine has doted on him since she was a child and her parents are pretty much the same . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She has been falling at my feet since she was a child . ’ |
| 9 | Because a boatman was always on the move , his wife remained in the Row when she married , staying amongst the relations and friends she had known since she was a child . |
| 10 | Her eggcup was shaped like a chicken ; she 'd had it since she was a child . |
| 11 | It 's her home town although it 's changed a lot since she was a girl . |
| 12 | We 've lived here since she was a baby . |
| 13 | He had known her since she was a baby . |
| 14 | Kelly Good has suffered from cystic fibrosis since she was a baby . |
| 15 | ‘ Had her since she was a two-year-old . ’ |
| 16 | Or the desperate plight of a little girl who had been in an orphanage since she was a month old . |
| 17 | The other four nights she stayed at home , studying , since she was a student at the same Polytechnic that was educating Sarah Fleming and Sergeant Jones 's son , but she knew neither of them as she was a year older and taking different subjects . |