Example sentences of "i have [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Can I have for a long time .
2 No , I had over a thousand pound .
3 I had about a half hour to kill , I reckoned .
4 I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time .
5 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 .
6 When it was all over I had on a wet blouse , but Shirnette had one on too .
7 I had on a white guipure lace dress and matching turban with a huge feather on the front .
8 As I could n't take Lisabeth with me , it was the nearest thing I had to a lethal weapon .
9 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 .
10 ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said .
11 Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label .
12 I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation .
13 I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht .
14 ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’
15 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 .
16 The unusual job I have for a few weeks is to collect unpublished or limited circulation material for whizzkid computer boffins in Oxford to tag and analyse on computers .
17 ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’
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