Example sentences of "i have [prep] many " in BNC.

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1 I had for many months loved her from afar .
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 On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire .
4 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 ! ) .
5 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 ) .
6 And , and I I think we 're in danger of being complacent over the D S O. Now I have over many years been involved with the D S O , and er , and I I support their efforts .
7 Yes but when you 've been , when you 've been in the work as I have over many years with doctors , I was a mental welfare officer so I mean I know er , you know , you can be fobbed off .
8 Self-pity is a totally contemptible vice and I have throughout many vicissitudes and much unmerited disappointment avoided it as a plague .
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