Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 2 | In the gravityless environment of the hulk any unexploded bolts or similar projectiles could ricochet unpredictably for a long time within a confined space . |
| 3 | I shall do so for the last time . |
| 4 | The guidance will bring together for the first time all the relevant existing guidance into one statement and has already been the subject of previous consultation in a green paper . |
| 5 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 6 | And soon we shall all meet again for the last time . |
| 7 | The internal Labour pressure group that will meet officially for the first time in Stirling aims to unite and organise women from both wings of the party as well as from the constituencies and trades unions . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think that will happen again for a long time , ’ said Davis , who comes to Goffs for this year 's event with confidence boosted by triumphs in the British and European Opens . |
| 9 | ‘ That woman friend of the boss who clings to his arm in the moonlight — do you think she will stay here for a long time ? ’ |
| 10 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 11 | History shows it can go on for a long time , as deficits and surpluses did during the golden age before the First World War . |
| 12 | The list could go on for a long time . |
| 13 | This is another list that could go on for a long time . |
| 14 | The argument will go on for a long time . |
| 15 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
| 16 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
| 17 | It will go on for a long time but lost it is already . ’ |
| 18 | The extension of the theatre of war to south-eastern Europe had , despite the German triumph , led to increased concern that the war could now drag on for a long time . |
| 19 | Typist Mary Kupenda says : ‘ Such workplaces will be called brothels and men will flock there for a nice time ’ . |
| 20 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 21 | so I thought you were going to cos you did n't come back for a long time . |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'm dreaming I hope I do n't wake up for a long time , ’ he says . |
| 23 | And I do , and I do , I must say not for the last time during the passage of this Bill , I do feel constrain to offer my very deep sympathy to my Noble Friend on the front bench . |