Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 2 | That was the doctoring that we had for a broken collar bone you see ? |
| 3 | She watched him walk away along the corridor heading back towards the club , her heart feeling lighter than it had for the past week . |
| 4 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 5 | Professor Pearn and I had for the last ten years been interchangeably secretary and editor of the Burma Research Society , and when we discovered that the Society 's bank had been able to get our balance safely into India before the break-up , we conceived the plan of a series of Burma Pamphlets , describing various aspects of the national life . |
| 6 | She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her . |
| 7 | The Gould machine was set like clockwork to continue ticking as methodically for the next two years as it had for the last eight . |
| 8 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |