Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to be as patient as I could and I think David 's mother has realised for quite a long time that I was quite a good daughter-in-law to her ( although I was n't a daughter-in-law at that time ) but as a girl friend , I could understand her finding it obnoxious that her son brought some strange person into the house . |
| 2 | ‘ But I have n't done anything — except be an absolute misery , ’ she added honestly as she realised for perhaps the first time what a wet blanket she had been . |
| 3 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 4 | The activity was sustained for quite a long time by pupils who , according to their label , have difficulty sustaining anything . |
| 5 | They have n't been moved for quite a long time , and it 's funny how buildings which claim to have extraordinary flexibility sometimes turn out to be really quite rigid . |
| 6 | The images lingered for only a brief time before changing , the Retreat demolished in the storm of stones and a new structure raised in the whirl : the Tower of the Tabula Rasa . |
| 7 | By now she was really yelling , letting her natural feelings show for perhaps the first time in her conscious life . |
| 8 | The world mile record holder , racing for only the second time since recovering from the groin injury which threatened to ruin his Olympic hopes , ran the third stage for Britain in the 4 x 1500 metres relay . |
| 9 | It is also advisable not to wear contact lenses , as you will have your eyes closed for quite a long time , usually about twenty minutes . |
| 10 | Lonsdale 's history of women poets through the century allows them to be understood against developments in the poetry written by men whose dominance of fashion was challenged for only a short time toward the end of the period . |
| 11 | We walked for quite a long time and covered a good deal of ground . |
| 12 | The toy that I remember lasting for quite a long time was a beautifully made wooden engine with its tender and two trucks . |
| 13 | It came to light that er a great many of the members , a great many of the people who talked about their early experiences reported some sort of abusive experience , either y'know er quite a short one that went on over many many years you know that er if it was some relative or friend of the family they were likely to have been abused for quite a long time in some cases . |
| 14 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |
| 15 | She is said to possess 10,000 photogenic expressions but , for the time being , she simply sips thoughtfully at her iced Perrier and reflects for possibly the thousandth time on what it actually means to be described as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World . |
| 16 | Chatam , running for only the second time this season , went a length up as the pair jumped the last together but Mark Dwyer , riding with hands and heels , forced Jodami a head in front at the post . |
| 17 | The disappointment with Wilson felt like Freud must have sort of lingered for quite a long time , cos it was not for eight years that he actually ventured on . |
| 18 | This adds a bit of fun to the proceedings , but the same questions crop up repetitively , so its quite easy to cheat by remembering the answers after playing for only a short time . |
| 19 | I waited for quite a long time . |
| 20 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 21 | This has been attempted with some success using the gene for human factor IX , though synthesis continues for only a short time , and immune response in the mouse receipients proved a problem . |
| 22 | And it brought home to me with a rush something which had been slowly dawning on me ever since I joined the Air Force ; that I had been spoiled for quite a long time now . |
| 23 | Why does the snow settle for only a short time on the north west coast ? |
| 24 | Right , now if we look on , erm we come to Regional Action Networks , another reason why Amnesty seems not to allocate more than one prisoner and all now is that they have expanded the ways in which we deal with prisoners and the world is more or less been divided up into areas , erm , of smaller regions and groups are asked to choose one or two regions to deal with particularly and we , we have for quite a long time now erm been concerned with Southern Africa and Central America and we get information through on prisoners and what 's happening in those two regions , so John do you have anything else on Africa at all ? |
| 25 | Henry sat for quite a long time thinking about the conversation between Elinor and her mother as they hurtled down the Paso della Lagastrella , brakeless . |
| 26 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |
| 27 | Linda Evangelista was brilliantly marketed but there was never quite the attention until she had been established for quite a long time . ’ |
| 28 | Sachs therefore concluded that the syntax of sentences is held for only a short time , after which only their meaning is retained . |