Example sentences of "[verb] it for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 2 | Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me . |
| 3 | The Economic League report on The Present Trend of Communism in Britain alleged that " the Communist Party has made full use of the Left Book Club , enabling it for the first time to make effective contact with some 50,000 members of the middle class " . |
| 4 | He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr . |
| 5 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 6 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 7 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 8 | I 've suspected it for a long time , but now it 's absolutely dear ! |
| 9 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 10 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 11 | This majestic sight , glimpsed through undulating woldland patchwork , or from the flatter marshland , entices all strangers who behold it for the first time to come and investigate the town further ; to discover its rich history and its modern enchantment . |
| 12 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
| 13 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 14 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 15 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 16 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 17 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 18 | No , he 's had it for a long time . |
| 19 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 20 | I remember the excitement and relief I felt when I read it for the first time as a very young nun . |
| 21 | to , to erm to try and remember what it was like when you read it for the first time . |
| 22 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 23 | She guessed Ursula 's diamond-encrusted eternity ring had inflicted the damage and recalled being shown it for the first time nearly ten years ago . |
| 24 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 25 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 26 | Gollum was once a hobbit who came across the Ring by chance and keeps it for a long time . |
| 27 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 28 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 29 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 30 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |