Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] for [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , that we have no intention of abandoning public ownership and accepting for all time the present frontier of the public sector . |
| 2 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 3 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 4 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |
| 5 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 6 | First appearing as tiny black spots on the upper surfaces of leaves , this is the outward sign that the fungus has already been inside the tissue and working for some time . |
| 7 | A Somali taxi-driver denounces those in his country who still think they can make a radical revolution , before turning to a discussion of the narcotic , khat , legally available in Britain but banned for some time in the US . |
| 8 | Above all , they will need your loving understanding and support for some time to come . |
| 9 | ‘ [ ‘ Terminus ’ ] in the understanding of the law does not only signify the limits and limitation of time , but also the estate and interest that passes for that time . |