Example sentences of "[adj] than [pers pn] have been for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy , and the effect — I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day — was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks . |
| 2 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 3 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |
| 4 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 5 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 6 | Police reports suggested that the countryside was more quiescent than it had been for generations . |
| 7 | However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks . |
| 8 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 9 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 10 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 11 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |