Sentence examples for since he collected from inspiring English sources

In the 23 days since he collected his eighth gold medal, Phelps has lived up to the nickname bestowed upon him by the Chinese.

Meanwhile, he was trying to write a lecture on "What We Know," getting ready to play the drums in a production of "South Pacific," and scheming with his friend and drumming partner, Ralph Leighton, about a proposed trip to the central Asian country of Tuva, which had intrigued the physicist since he collected its triangular stamps as a boy.

Since 1954 when he collected his first object, a print by James L. Wells, Mr. Driskell has amassed holdings not only in African-American art but that of other cultures around the world as well.

In the time since, he has collected a team of craftsmen and labourers who follow him around the globe, humping wood and carving stone.

Since he started collecting, Mr. Falconer said, he has become more discriminating.

Since he began collecting, LaFetra has sold four of these houses but still has seven in his portfolio.

"Slowly, I've been getting a few," says Larsen, whose collection of about 20 Esherick designs has grown one piece at a time since he started collecting 50 years ago.

Since he began collecting art about 15 years ago, he has focused on American and European art from 1900 to 1960 and owns works by Arshile Gorky and Franz Kline, among others.

According to a 2006 story in the Wall Street Journal, Cohen, who rarely agrees to be interviewed, has bought close to a billion dollars' worth of art since he started collecting, in 2000.

"I was fortunate that my father encouraged my interest in dinosaurs and monsters; if there was a choice on TV between Lawrence Welk and a Godzilla movie, he'd take Godzilla every time," said Mr. Fitzpatrick, known as Mr. Fitz at the various toy shops he has frequented since he began collecting in earnest around 1979.

But she hasn't opened the box since she collected it.