Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 2 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 3 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 4 | It was going fine till I tried for a reduction . |
| 5 | He felt better than he had for a while , with hard work aching in his bones and the knowledge that he had decided what he must do at last . |
| 6 | You can do this yourself , although it will probably be better if you arrange for a vet to undertake the task in the first instance , as it is important to judge the required length properly . |
| 7 | She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair . |
| 8 | Llanelli and Neath put on a show as good as anything seen for a long time at club level . |
| 9 | That morning seemed endless as we waited for an ambulance to transport the most urgent cases to the hospital . |
| 10 | Better by far to tackle equity withdrawal on big loans , where better-off house-buyers borrow £20,000 more than they need for a house-purchase , to buy that flashy car they have always wanted . |
| 11 | But wherever she works , a woman-centred psychologist 's sex does not guarantee her feminism , any more than it does for an egalitarian feminist psychologist . |
| 12 | Second , there is the knock-on effect to the advertising market in the UK and Australia , which is looking weaker than it has for a long time . |
| 13 | In Lewis the effect of the decline in the inshore fishing industry was all the more dramatic because it looked for a time as if it might be averted . |
| 14 | They spent their six-hour train journey drinking — and went into a pub for more while they waited for a connection . |
| 15 | He stressed that this would be temporary whilst he looked for a replacement . |
| 16 | Thereafter , the party made steady progress during the late 1930s as it campaigned for a policy of collective security against the threat of European fascism almost , it seemed , in the face of the complacency of Neville Chamberlain 's National government . |
| 17 | Wilkinson will now try to qualify for the British Open as he aims for a European tour card later in the year . |
| 18 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 19 | His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years . |