Example sentences of "[pers pn] had for a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time . |
2 | I had for a long time being trying to find a way of showing the heat-pain argument to be invalid , because I could not accept the conclusion , that heat exists only as a sensation in the mind . |
3 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
4 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
5 | Even as he asked the question , Seb realised that it no longer hurt in the way it had for a long time . |
6 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |