Example sentences of "had [verb] for [art] very [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 | They had the easy familiarity of two people who knew each other very well indeed , and had done for a very long time . |
| 4 | In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time . |
| 5 | Christian festivals had coexisted for a very long time with ancient non-Christian celebrations . |
| 6 | It was impossible to do anything except admit something that she had known for a very long time . |
| 7 | The movies , as Dr Dale had suggested , had ‘ the entire world as their range ’ and yet they had settled for a very restricted section . |