Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | In the beginning priority was given to those setting up home for the first time , families with young children , and people who had lost their homes and furniture through enemy action . |
2 | I will discuss past and likely future trends in households and housing , and give particular attention to the experience of young people setting up home for the first time . |
3 | I mean he gave up work for a long time did n't he ? |
4 | If you are setting up LIFESPAN for the first time , you should follow the procedures in the order given to ensure a trouble-free installation . |
5 | If a company hires out equipment for a given time on payment of a fixed fee , its profit derives from the contract of hire and not from its continued forbearance from seeking to recover that equipment during the contract period . |
6 | For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career . |