Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 2 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 3 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I hope that he learns them well , because he will need to deploy them for a long time . |
| 6 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 7 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 8 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 9 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 10 | In India in February , when Charles attempted to kiss her for the first time in public in four years , Diana defiantly turned away in a clear move to embarrass her husband . |
| 11 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 12 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 13 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 14 | This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks . |
| 15 | In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time . |
| 16 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 17 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 18 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 19 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 20 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 21 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 22 | No one had bothered to wind it for a long time ; the two hands were clasped together as if in prayer , pointing eternally upwards — either to heaven or to twelve o'clock . |