Example sentences of "since [pers pn] were [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it a while since you were at school here then ? |
| 2 | Ever since you were at school ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How long since you were in Libya ? ’ |
| 4 | But he 's been keeping the opticians in business — especially the ones that stock really old-fashioned frames — ever since we were at school together . |
| 5 | Oh and , well it must 've been since we were at Malton so we 'd 've had it , what , about four three or four years when we went to Malton ? |
| 6 | ‘ What ages and ages it seems since we were at Pinehurst . |
| 7 | It 's been months since we were in bed together . |
| 8 | However , the chordates were not quite fish , since they were without jaws or fins and fed by sucking in water and whatever nutrients it contained . |
| 9 | I suspect they did not realise that words such as ‘ grammar ’ or ‘ progressive ’ reflect very different meanings according to context , or that the language of educational discussion had changed radically since they were at school . |
| 10 | and second of all he 'd known her since they were at school , well he was like ten years older , but something like that any way oh brilliant this is back on Jack The Ripper that |
| 11 | It was harder , therefore , to turn , and since they were on piece-work they were afraid it would affect their wage . |
| 12 | Since they were in bed the query was ambiguous , and might have had reference to what had gone before . |
| 13 | Fourth , until 1981 , trade unions could evade having to make any payments to their members on strike since they were in receipt of supplementary benefit . |
| 14 | It was in any case too late for the League of Nations to move against the Nazis since they were in power as a result of legal democratic electoral procedures . |
| 15 | Since they were in agreement about Knudsen 's work , it would be a safe subject for discussion while they ate . |
| 16 | Purporting to apply these principles in Coffin v. Smith , the court concluded that the police were in this case on duty ( since they were in uniform ) , and were doing nothing prima facie unlawful . |
| 17 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |