Example sentences of "i had [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 2 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 3 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 4 | When I was two my mother had bought me a number of premium bonds and ever since I had hoped for a little win . |
| 5 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 6 | SAFER THAN I HAD FELT FOR A LONG , LONG TIME |
| 7 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 9 | The night before , I had gone for a long , lonely walk along the banks of the Tormes , crossing and recrossing the Roman bridge , hoping against hope that I might somehow find you also walking there . |
| 10 | There was no use pretending it had n't happened : I had wished for a pure Pacific experience , a truly new world experience at the dawning of this day , yet it had become hopelessly muddied with a relic of the old world and the Ocean whose time , we are now supposed to believe , has passed . |