Example sentences of "[pers pn] have for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And one of the differences that anorexia can become much more visible and identifiable , whereas those of us who have experienced bulimia , which I had for thirteen years , can be extremely secret and well disguised because we normally do n't change from normal body weight . |
| 2 | I had for many years had this feeling about myself-that I looked like that — not literally , but in an inner way I felt I did . |
| 3 | I had for many months loved her from afar . |
| 4 | I thought about telling him the arrangement Laura and I had for that night , then decided against it . |
| 5 | I was feeling much happier than I had for two years . |
| 6 | The two Bangladeshi boys I had for remedial English all this year . |
| 7 | Furthermore , the best map I had for this region was twenty-two miles to an inch . |
| 8 | ‘ I had for some time been interested in the work of the 17th century Dutch and Spanish still-life school of painting . |
| 9 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 10 | I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont 's room and was about to knock , but before doing so , as is my custom , I paused for a second to listen at the door . |
| 11 | He will realise the concern that I have for disabled people , who would be hit by such an increase in petrol tax . |
| 12 | ‘ If by the other , my lady , you refer to the regard the prince and I have for each other , pray be assured it is not pain I feel — but joy , deep joy . |
| 13 | I have for many years enjoyed dabbling with valve amplifiers , usually modifying old ones , but all the information I have has to be gleaned from circuit diagrams or an old Mullard handbook containing a selection of designs ( I 'm sure you know the one ! ) . |
| 14 | As a beekeepers wife I have for many years had to use soap powder rather than scented detergent as bees do n't appreciate the chemical scents in many whiter-than-white products ( Letters NI 208 ) . |
| 15 | The Anniversary Organising Committee had felt that a clock should be commissioned to replace the one which had been stolen , and perhaps because I have for some years specialised in the reproduction of historic clocks , my name was one of those considered . |
| 16 | I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail . |
| 17 | I have for some reason a picture of a rather youthful military historian . |
| 18 | Finally I went to the Principal of the college , a sympathetic dame whose ear I have for any amount of services rendered , and told her I had decided that term must end slightly earlier for me than the others . |
| 19 | A graduate in sociology and education at Florence University , she has for many years contributed articles to Protestant and ecumenical newspapers and currently writes a monthly survey on television for the journal Confronti . |
| 20 | What cause can you have for such doubt ? ’ |
| 21 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 22 | She had for 10 days refused all solid food . |
| 23 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 24 | Robyn , doing her best to ignore the almost overwhelming feeling of pure dislike which she had for this man , glanced at the ornate carriage clock beside the bed , registered the time slowly and looked aghast . |
| 25 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 26 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 27 | It was above all the place to which you were advised to go if you had for some reason been shot , in either war or peace . |
| 28 | Knowing what a talent you have for these things , you 'll probably have it sorted out in two ticks . ’ |
| 29 | The accounts that you have for this year , have been rearranged . |
| 30 | native girls and then Paddy goes to like what do yous have for like alcohol over here ? |