Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 2 | The Green Party won representation locally for the first time with 14 seats ; and Sinn Féin won seven seats ( 10 in 1985 ) . |
| 3 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |
| 4 | And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years . |
| 5 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 6 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 7 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 8 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 9 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 10 | I was in great pain , and suddenly for the first time in my life , I forgot my fear of John Reed . |
| 11 | However he remained with the Wellington unit only for a short time before being posted to Control Office duties at Luqa . |
| 12 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 13 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 14 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 15 | AN ERA ends today when the shutters come down for the last time at the Owen Owen store in Liverpool . |
| 16 | The Dale , perhaps for the only time in its short life , was full . |
| 17 | At last the ‘ special relationship ’ seemed to have some meaning , perhaps for the first time since the days of Macmillan . |
| 18 | It was also a problem which enabled Labour 's new young leader , Neil Kinnock , to make his mark , perhaps for the first time since his election in October 1983 . |
| 19 | At the same time , though , there are more people who can , perhaps for the first time since 1967 , imagine that the Jews could go west , back into the green line , or into new borders adjusted to rid themselves of their Palestinian burden . |
| 20 | At the same time , though , there are more people who can , perhaps for the first time since 1967 , imagine that the Jews could go west , back into the green line , or into new borders adjusted to rid themselves of their Palestinian burden . |
| 21 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 22 | He wanted to bask in the developing closeness he and Jordan were enjoying , surfing sensorial highs , and being utterly open , perhaps for the first time in his life . |
| 23 | Students are more than likely having to cope , perhaps for the first time in their lives , with a threateningly high level of conspicuous and recurrent failure , and the way they cope with anxiety will play a large part in determining what kind of a fist they make of it . |
| 24 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 25 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 26 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 27 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 28 | If the property has been lived in for a long time with old carpets that have never been shampooed they can exude quite pungent odours . |
| 29 | Otherwise , they 're in for a grim time of it . |
| 30 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |