Then he leaned forward towards the tape machine and spoke for the first time since the previous afternoon.

The fury that had been building since the afternoon exploded.

The house had cooled since the afternoon, so she turned up the thermostat on her way to the bedroom.

He hadn't been so angry since the afternoon he broke with his father.

Since the afternoon, the army kept asking the militants to surrender, using the public address system.

The old man looked much improved since the afternoon.

The neighbors said nobody had seen her since the afternoon before the evening of the ceremony.

Lafontaine had hesitated over the 24 hours since the afternoon of the 13 May.

She had not talked to him since the afternoon before the Council's summons; now he came to her table.

It had been cloudy ever since the afternoon; now a storm was breaking.