Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [prep] [art] long " in BNC.
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1 | I went from that to a Gibson EB3 , then to a Rickenbacker 4001 , which I had for a long time . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
5 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
6 | She had on a long blue dress . |
7 | Even as he asked the question , Seb realised that it no longer hurt in the way it had for a long time . |
8 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
9 | He had on the long white cloak which signified to the audience that he was wearing nothing at all . |