Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morse looked at her now — perhaps properly for the first time . |
| 2 | WALTER SISULU will have cause in the coming days to reflect , perhaps not for the first time , that stone walls do not a prison make . |
| 3 | I think it 's all over for a long time . |
| 4 | GAELIC , Doric and English will come together theatrically for the first time later this month , when tri-lingual theatre makes its debut at Broadford , Skye . |
| 5 | GAELIC , Doric and English will come together theatrically for the first time later this month , when tri-lingual theatre makes its debut at Broadford , Skye . |
| 6 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 9 | It might well give her a better perspective on things if she could get right away for a short time . |
| 10 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 11 | But er not not for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do n't think any of my companies are going to collapse simply because I 'm not around for a short time . |
| 13 | Some were able to return home yesterday for the first time since Thursday . |
| 14 | A FRENCH prisoner in Nazi Germany who stayed behind the Iron Curtain after the Second World War for the love of a Ukrainian woman returned home yesterday for the first time in 52 years . |
| 15 | The Government have offered the excuse that that happened under a Labour Government in 1977 , as if it was right to continue to do something that was done once before for a short time . |
| 16 | Yesterday 's match-winning pair up front , Aberdeen 's Booth and Dundee United 's Duncan Ferguson , were lining up together for the first time during the current campaign . |
| 17 | Well I think there were niggling little points in all the quarries , the workforce certainly has n't been happy up in for a long time . |
| 18 | ‘ It was absolutely astonishing , ’ said Ludens , also not for the first time . |
| 19 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 20 | You feel you are standing up straight for the first time in your life ; you can do anything while this feeling lasts , you can take on the world . |
| 21 | Since July profits have picked up slightly for the first time in 18 months . |
| 22 | It means so much to the supporters in the Oxford area , it means so much to the club , I think you 've really got to be up here for a long time to realise just how much it does mean to everybody in this area . |
| 23 | This section provides a step-by-step guide for users setting up Offline for the first time . |
| 24 | What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ? |
| 25 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 26 | After getting some oxygen , he then went back in for a third time . |
| 27 | The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year . |
| 28 | Now here for the first time she was fighting her own battle . |
| 29 | There were some boys out there for the first time and they were absolutely terrified . ’ |
| 30 | Not only that ; that 's where they get their instructions , because sometimes some of them go out again for a second time to take part in another incident . |