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

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1 Can I have for a long time .
2 I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time .
3 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 .
4 When it was all over I had on a wet blouse , but Shirnette had one on too .
5 I had on a white guipure lace dress and matching turban with a huge feather on the front .
6 As I could n't take Lisabeth with me , it was the nearest thing I had to a lethal weapon .
7 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 .
8 ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’
13 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 .
14 ‘ Better than I have in a long time . ’
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