Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 2 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
| 3 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |
| 4 | But I think , within the next hundred years , the rivers of blood spilt in the name of religion will have dried up for all time . |
| 5 | Sources in the US say Data General will this week take the wrapping off the eight-way AViiON multi-processors it has been dropping hints about for some time ( UX No 389 ) . |
| 6 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
| 7 | The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control . |
| 8 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
| 9 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
| 10 | The silence had stretched out for some time . |
| 11 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 12 | It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long . |
| 13 | Her tone expressed the warmth that flowed through her heart as she added , looking into his eyes with a smile , ‘ And so that Silvia and I can start making up for lost time . ’ |
| 14 | She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington . |
| 15 | There were signs that Sir Charles had stood there for some time . |
| 16 | He could not say when , but the horse dung and the faint indentations in the dry earth showed riders had stood there for some time . |
| 17 | Near the Salt Tower he found the gravel-strewn slush had been disturbed , indicating someone had stood there for some time . |
| 18 | Then he said in a calmer voice , ‘ Well , perhaps I 'm just trying to make up for lost time . ’ |
| 19 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 20 | This fascinating story is one of many such in Roger Lonsdale 's anthology of Eighteenth-Century Women Poets , not just a marvellous piece of scholarship but as richly entertaining and original a book as I have come across for some time . |
| 21 | He stood looking down for some time . |
| 22 | If you have struggled alone for some time you may be pleasantly surprised at what is now available to you . |
| 23 | they have worked together for some time and they 're likely to go on working together , ’ said Mr Capper . |
| 24 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |