Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time . |
| 2 | But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen . |
| 3 | The chancellor who had long been an admirer of the queen , was affected not for the first time by her beauty and appeal — attributes which , it seemed to him , were in no way impaired by adversity . |
| 4 | At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless . |
| 5 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 6 | They looked along the Atlantic coast of North America for places in which to settle , and they might have been more successful in founding colonies if they had not at the same time been engaged in what they saw as a desperate struggle to save their religious and political liberties from Catholic Spain , although the Spanish would have said the war was to some extent intended to check the rather aggressive interpretation the English placed on the idea of the freedom of the seas . |
| 7 | The drama course for professional performers which does not at the present time qualify for a mandatory award , is fully accredited by the National Council of Drama Training as is the Acting Option of the Graduate Diploma course . |
| 8 | ‘ ( 1 ) When the seller is ready and willing to deliver the goods , and requests the buyer to take delivery , and the buyer does not within a reasonable time after such request take delivery of the goods , he is liable to the seller for any loss occasioned by his neglect or refusal to take delivery , and also for a reasonable charge for the care and custody of the goods . |
| 9 | ‘ ( 3 ) Where the goods are of a perishable nature , or where the unpaid seller gives notice to the buyer of his intention to resell , and the buyer does not within a reasonable time pay or tender the price , the unpaid seller may re-sell the goods and recover from the original buyer damages for any loss occasioned by his breach of contract . |
| 10 | And I do , and I do , I must say not for the last time during the passage of this Bill , I do feel constrain to offer my very deep sympathy to my Noble Friend on the front bench . |
| 11 | Dr Neil , cradling him in his arms for a moment before handing him to McAllister to care for , wondered not for the first time on such occasions whether he had done the baby a favour by enabling him to live . |