Example sentences of "have [be] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 2 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 4 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 7 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 8 | It must have been at the very time of the proceedings against Myln that the archbishop of St Andrews received the earl of Argyll 's answers to his letter of admonition of 31 March 1558 , in which he warned the earl of the dangers of his support for Protestantism . |
| 9 | Constructionally , I did n't make the tables easy for myself , but the detailing seems to have been worth the extra time spent . |
| 10 | Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time . |
| 11 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 12 | Moved by her obvious concern , he had written to explain that he had been through a bad time , but was better now . |
| 13 | The war had been over a long time . |
| 14 | Why she was here , she could n't imagine ; but her head was clearer than it had been in a long time , which meant that she must have gone for some hours without any kind of an injection . |
| 15 | You ca n't help worrying when you 've been through a bad time , but do share your anxieties with your family , and with your doctor , who should be able to reassure you . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 19 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 20 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 22 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 23 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 24 | They have been through an unsettling time and are finding it difficult to readjust . |