Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 2 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 3 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 4 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 5 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 6 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 7 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 8 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 9 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 10 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 11 | Thus , in the context of consensual sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16 , it states : ‘ Most of us think that acts such as oral sex are extremely serious ( perhaps more likely to disturb a young girl meeting them for the first time than sexual intercourse ) . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 14 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 15 | I have followed him for a long time and his work just gets better and better . |
| 16 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 17 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 18 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 19 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 21 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 22 | It came home to him for the first time that what had seemed to him a trivial event , a stupid joke , was something genuinely much bigger to Andrus . |
| 23 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 24 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 25 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 26 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 27 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 29 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 30 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |