Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 2 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 3 | No one tells us how we are supposed to deal with death — our own or that of other people — and yet we are all going to face it at some time . |
| 4 | She says she just could n't have made it through those times without the support of her actor boyfriend , Robert Lugan . |
| 5 | Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death . |
| 6 | Once you have completed your design , you must ensure that you cover it with a sheet of glass should you have to leave it at any time . |
| 7 | He obviously had never heard of the Order of Merit or I am quite sure he would have mentioned it at that time . |
| 8 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well I never , ’ thought Tom , ‘ The Captain really seems to have pulled it off this time ! ’ |
| 10 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 11 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 12 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 13 | He 's said it about three times , on last year 's Channel 4 series Paul Merton The Series , and he grafted it , unnaturally , onto his screen persona very much as an anti-catchphrase , as a joke joke . |