Example sentences of "i have for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And one of the differences that anorexia can become much more visible and identifiable , whereas those of us who have experienced bulimia , which I had for thirteen years , can be extremely secret and well disguised because we normally do n't change from normal body weight .
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 I had for many months loved her from afar .
4 I thought about telling him the arrangement Laura and I had for that night , then decided against it .
5 I was feeling much happier than I had for two years .
6 The two Bangladeshi boys I had for remedial English all this year .
7 Furthermore , the best map I had for this region was twenty-two miles to an inch .
8 I had for some time been interested in the work of the 17th century Dutch and Spanish still-life school of painting .
9 My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs .
10 I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont 's room and was about to knock , but before doing so , as is my custom , I paused for a second to listen at the door .
11 He will realise the concern that I have for disabled people , who would be hit by such an increase in petrol tax .
12 ‘ If by the other , my lady , you refer to the regard the prince and I have for each other , pray be assured it is not pain I feel — but joy , deep joy .
13 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 ! ) .
14 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 ) .
15 The Anniversary Organising Committee had felt that a clock should be commissioned to replace the one which had been stolen , and perhaps because I have for some years specialised in the reproduction of historic clocks , my name was one of those considered .
16 I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail .
17 I have for some reason a picture of a rather youthful military historian .
18 Finally I went to the Principal of the college , a sympathetic dame whose ear I have for any amount of services rendered , and told her I had decided that term must end slightly earlier for me than the others .
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