Example sentences of "[noun] for [art] [adj] time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 2 | As he pulled out of the pit lane for the first time she found it hard to keep her emotions second to her job . |
| 3 | The following version is useful to give children the opportunity to channel excess energy — everybody is in action for the whole time it is being played . |
| 4 | But as the field swung away from the stands for the first time it became clear that the grey would not have matters entirely to his liking , for first Kildimo and then Ten Of Spades kept him close company and would not allow him to dominate affairs . |
| 5 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 6 | When he 'd first arrived he had lived in a succession of bedsitting rooms on the west side , for which he had been charged extortionate rents by landlords who he never met ; the third night after coming to The Bar for the first time he had slept with someone who knew of someone who had a spare room at a much more reasonable price , and Boy had moved in . |
| 7 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 8 | When the £5 million Juventus midfielder leads out England for the first time he will spare a thought for the man who captained England to 1966 World Cup glory , just 48 hours after Bobby Moore revealed that he was battling cancer . |
| 9 | In these texts for the first time we find ‘ precatory ’ being used to describe the essential nature of trusts , and as the key to discovering what legal institution is involved . |
| 10 | and , cos I said to the dealers for a long time you know do n't put them under stairs , do n't put them in store rooms , they get locked , locked up with vacuum cleaners and you ca n't get to the gear when you go to them , do n't put them high up on the wall we ca n't reach them and they just laugh , but er , I think the last laugh 's on us now cos er if I see one high up on the wall , I say well that , I say we 're not accepting that , you have to move it |
| 11 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 12 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 13 | Er , you will be listened to , er , and that will create , and you will have influence , and that cycle will take you back into the positive memories for the next time you try and change something . |
| 14 | ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way . |
| 15 | When you conduct a symphony for the first time you may fear a breakdown in every bar . |
| 16 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |
| 17 | There was a silence for the first time it occurred to first form that the spider might of been put there on purpose , they looked at one another . |
| 18 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |
| 19 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 20 | I sometimes cycled to Bude Grammar School for the short time I was there . |
| 21 | I think it worth pointing out that of course erm when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister for a brief time I think Lady Young was Leader of the House of Lords in her cabinet , but apart from that there was never another women cabinet minister during her time as leader , so |
| 22 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 23 | And in taking prey for the first time he had found courage . |
| 24 | After emerging from the sea for the fourth time he groaned about his physique . |
| 25 | And then er a and then after they had been in hay ricks for a long time they were brought up to the farm and built into a bigger stack , a bigger thing . |
| 26 | When you 're 15 and working in an office for the first time it is a new world and a big challenge — especially when all your colleagues are speaking a foreign language . |
| 27 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |