Example sentences of "had [verb] for [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unkindly , I laughed and told him that that sounded just about the worst idea I had heard for a very long time . |
| 2 | Prost had come cheap — virtually free for the first year — and Niki had re-signed for a very large sum indeed . |
| 3 | Bevin , impressed by Soviet intransigence during the foreign ministers ' conference at the end of 1947 , decided that the time had come for a more overt display of Western unity . |
| 4 | They had the easy familiarity of two people who knew each other very well indeed , and had done for a very long time . |
| 5 | In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time . |
| 6 | In fairness to Keynes , he had argued for a much wider , multilateral system than was in fact agreed , though even this involved the assumption that Britain would not face a dollar problem after the immediate postwar financial adjustment [ Keynes , 1946 ] . |
| 7 | Christian festivals had coexisted for a very long time with ancient non-Christian celebrations . |
| 8 | Many analysts had called for a more ambitious target in reducing the budget deficit . |
| 9 | The officials had opted for the more prestigious Royal Mail charge , rather than the more tenuous one of murder of the post-boy . |
| 10 | At the end of 1854 Britain and France had received the promise of military assistance from the north Italian Kingdom of Piedmont , but on 29 January / 10 February 1855 , less than three weeks before his death , Nicholas had provided for a much greater increase in the size of the Russian armed forces by ordering the creation of a pan-imperial militia . |
| 11 | It was impossible to do anything except admit something that she had known for a very long time . |
| 12 | Oddly enough , his father , whom Peter had known for a much shorter time , was quite distinct in his memory , right down to the smell of Palmolive shaving cream and Gold Leaf cigarettes . |
| 13 | The movies , as Dr Dale had suggested , had ‘ the entire world as their range ’ and yet they had settled for a very restricted section . |
| 14 | To her great relief , however , Fabia subsequently discovered that she had asked for a quite delicious meal of venison with bacon , mushrooms and tomatoes . |
| 15 | Greece had hoped for a more favourable frontier with Turkey ; she got some of what she wanted in 1881 . |
| 16 | It was clear that the Adjudicator had hoped for a more detailed explanation . |