Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] have [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’ |
| 6 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 7 | Portsmouth could not have had an easier preparation than they had against a flimsy Grimsby side . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 10 | When I was in Stanley last year , even though I was only in my second year , I knew as well as all the other Stanley staff that if we had in a dodgy case the S.S.O. would fix things so that someone else operated on him . |
| 11 | On the one hand , it was simply the period required for the sun , moon , and planets to attain the same positions in relation to each other as they had at a given time . |