Example sentences of "than [pron] had been for [noun pl] " 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 | Police reports suggested that the countryside was more quiescent than it had been for generations . |
| 3 | Indeed , it was better than it had been for months . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |