Example sentences of "than [pron] had [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I am not mad , most noble Festus , but in sober sadness I have suffered this day more bodily pain than I had before a conception of . |
| 3 | She felt more alive than she had for a long time . |
| 4 | By avoiding these foods , she has remained very well , and has far more energy in her fifties than she had as a teenager . |
| 5 | Anita Harris , who followed Camel with Carry on Doctor in 1968 — playing a nurse who looked more sexy in her cap and apron than she had as a belly dancer in the earlier film — suffered from being the butt of Ken 's jokes in both pictures . |
| 6 | Portsmouth could not have had an easier preparation than they had against a flimsy Grimsby side . |
| 7 | He felt better than he had for a while , with hard work aching in his bones and the knowledge that he had decided what he must do at last . |
| 8 | He felt happier than he had for a long time . |
| 9 | He looked younger close-up than he had from a distance . |