Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 2 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 3 | You will take one of these blocks you will wet it for a certain time and you |
| 4 | This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean . |
| 5 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 6 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 7 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 8 | ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’ |
| 9 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 10 | Though the supplier has no guarantee of the business , it has an advantage and , once it has the business , the firm can be fairly sure it will keep it for a long time . |
| 11 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 12 | I wo n't marry anyone for a long time . |
| 13 | Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists . |
| 14 | But he pledged last night that he would still be leading the team for tomorrow 's League game at Darlington even if Flashman does sack him for the third time in a year . |
| 15 | These will protect you for a short time against tetanus . |
| 16 | And he added , ‘ Please do n't send along the young pseudo-philosopher who will tell us for the umpteenth time that , of course , he fully understands the Bank 's attitude . |
| 17 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 18 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 19 | We do n't say nothing for a long time . |
| 20 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |
| 21 | Because I have on good information and I 'll say it for the first time on this programme , I intend to give this in my evidence tomorrow , that Rover intend to close not the south works first , but the north works first . |
| 22 | We are unlikely to reach any definite agreement , but the debates will strengthen us for the next time , and weaken the impact of tangential arguments about policy presentation . |