Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] time for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He managed to stay off alcohol because for the first time for a very long time he was truly afraid . |
| 2 | For the first time for a long while , Corbett felt wanted and warmed to these simple yet sophisticated men so bound up in their own routine of prayer , work and study that they regarded any visitor as a visible sign of God 's grace . |
| 3 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 4 | For the first time for a century woman discovered that men wanted something more human from them than a nun-like chastity , a bien pensant idealism . |
| 5 | I 'll stick my neck out , come on , we 're going to say they 're going to do it , for the first time for a long long time . |
| 6 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 7 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 8 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 9 | Indeed it was historic , in that it provided for the first time for the elimination of an entire class of nuclear arms — land-based missiles of intermediate and shorter range . |
| 10 | The UNITA leader , Jonas Savimbi , appealed for the first time for the creation of " peace corridors " to allow emergency relief to people in areas controlled by UNITA . |
| 11 | A candidate for the first time for the Chair that Alan has left is Sir Jeffrey . |
| 12 | ‘ It seems to me like the perfect time for a little humour . ’ |
| 13 | The essentials of Taylorism involve the use of work-study engineers to study in fine detail the work an individual is doing ; through detailed analysis develop the most efficient method of doing that work and establish a ‘ fair ’ time for performing particular elements of the task ; develop a specialised staff function whose task is to allocate jobs to individual workers ; and monitor performance against the rated time for the job . |
| 14 | Residents have campaigned for a long time for a speed restriction and traffic calming in Skerne Park , which has a high accident rate . |
| 15 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 16 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 17 | I do hope you do n't think this is presumptuous , and I expect you are very busy generally , but perhaps you and your husband would like to come here for supper one evening , or we could go out somewhere , or if it 's easier , I could drop in to you one evening for a short time for a chat . |
| 18 | It was eventually decided at the Council meeting that farmers should be approached about renting out a plot of land for a short time for the travellers whilst the search for a permanent site continued . |
| 19 | They left the home between 4 pm and 5 pm and returned in the early hours of the morning , often coinciding with the feeding time for a young baby . |
| 20 | Hot favourite after the first two races is Witton-le-Wear-based Harry Williams ' Pond Curlew , which is unbeaten off 8 metres , winning by 5 9 and 7 lengths , with a best time for the 450-metres trip of 27.44 secs . |
| 21 | By easiest we mean the one on which you think you can achieve the highest marks in the allotted time for the question . |
| 22 | A solicitor fails to draw up a will within a reasonable time for a client who subsequently dies . |
| 23 | On the morning of the operation , Mr Reynolds was allowed nothing to eat or drink ( for 6 hours prior to the scheduled time for the surgery ) . |
| 24 | A Punjabi speaking volunteer was suggested to sit in , but this was not acceptable as the family did not want to commit themselves to a regular time for the volunteer to call . |
| 25 | There seems to be far more scope at the present time for the two generations to become friends . |
| 26 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 27 | ( i ) to secure that the right land is available at the right time for the implementation of national , regional and local plans : |
| 28 | The white burst into real form at the right time for the cup . |
| 29 | However I did manage to get out of bed at about 6.30 a.m. , feed and myself and get us both to the stadium at the appointed time for the team photo call . |
| 30 | MRS THATCHER has cunningly provoked the Labour party and the media into pushing her into holding a general election at the best time for the Conservative party . |