Example sentences of "than [pron] [verb] been for [noun] " 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 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 3 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 4 | However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks . |
| 5 | There 's been more praise for Brian Clough , at the bottom of the League with Forest , than there has been for Norwich manager Mike Walker at the top . |
| 6 | And although entitlement caps are not easy to implement , there is more interest in them in Congress than there has been for years , and the interest is being communicated to the administration . |
| 7 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 8 | They were both drunker than they 'd been for years . |
| 9 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 10 | But for Nietzsche " art as a whole " and " the Hellenic sphere " were simply not separable , any more than they had been for Winckelmann . |
| 11 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 12 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |
| 13 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 15 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 16 | Police reports suggested that the countryside was more quiescent than it had been for generations . |
| 17 | Indeed , it was better than it had been for months . |
| 18 | Still , she kept the place tidier than it had been for months and she did n't mistreat Springsteen , or if she did he did n't complain about it . |
| 19 | Her father 's order book was better filled than it had been for years , her mother 's health seemed good , Eileen was happy in her work as a pools clerk , and Tony and Helen were happily planning their wedding . |
| 20 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 21 | It 's also a relaxed , romantic ad for Bill S , more alive here than he has been for decades . |