Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It is important for the children to be medically fit to go , so I ask for a full report from their doctors , ’ says Dr Holmes-Smith . |
| 5 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 6 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 7 | It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show . |