Sentence examples for had acquired since from inspiring English sources

"We're nearly there," Leonie said in the round drawling accent she had acquired since leaving school, the shield for her self-consciousness.

Even with political setbacks, President Eisenhower maintained his status as an above-the-fray figure that he had acquired since serving as the supreme allied commander in World War II.

It was summer, and she often wore tank tops that showed off the tattoos she had acquired since arriving in New York: the indigo Buddha that sat serenely in a garden on one arm, the Yakuza-style koi fish that leapt over waves on the other, the dragon head that peeked out the back of her tank top.

Glen Klein, 51, a former police officer from Centereach on Long Island who blames his respiratory and gastrointestinal problems on the hundreds of hours he spent on recovery work at ground zero, said that any money would go to pay about $30,000 in credit-card debt he had acquired since his ailments forced him to stop working in 2005.

The crisis was brought to an official end by the Thirty Years' Peace (winter of 446 445 BC), in which Athens relinquished most of the possessions and interests on the Greek mainland which it had acquired since 460 BC, and both Athens and Sparta agreed not to attempt to win over the other state's allies.

"Oh, relax now!" he said in the thick local accent he has acquired since moving here from America.

He's one of several campaign accoutrements that Amirahmadi has acquired since his last shot at the Presidency, in 2005.

I have acquired since then just over four thousand "friends" — in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, the Middle East, and of course, closer to home.

The narrative also pauses as Marlene reflects on her life between July 15 , 1944 and May 4 , 1945 with the self-knowledge she has acquired since then.

That the stakes were so high was a potent indication of the immense power that WikiLeaks has acquired since it was founded, in 2006.

Every player the Wizards have acquired since the February trade deadline — Ramon Sessions, Jared Dudley, Alan Anderson, Gary Neal and Gooden — will have his contract expire in time for the Summer of Durant.