Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [art] [adj] time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 2 | Now , after quite a shore period , the locomotive has been steamed for the first time and is almost in working order . |
| 3 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 4 | The timings of the trains will be revealed for the first time and anyone interested is welcome to attend the meeting at St Mary 's Centre , Corporation Road , Middlesbrough at 7.30pm . |
| 5 | The operation was repeated in November , when Larak — this time a 2,500 km round trip — was bombed for the first time and five tankers were hit . |
| 6 | He warned his players to expect a hostile reception in England and said : ‘ We came mentally prepared for a hard time and determined to give our answer out there on the field . |
| 7 | On the twenty fourth July nineteen ninety one the new resources and policy grant sub-committee met for the first time and considered a number of applications including one from your organisation . |
| 8 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 9 | Whilst this process may , for this model , take up to 20 iterations to achieve an acceptable assembly from a disjointed starting point , once an association has been accomplished for the first time and , if only small disturbances are imposed , re-association may be accomplished in as few as three attempts . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 11 | She said she 's walked for the first time and felt exhausted . |
| 12 | In four patients a history of haematuria was elicited for the first time and was investigated . |
| 13 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 14 | One shuttle tanker , Polikon , was reported to have been hit for the fourth time and written off as a ‘ constructive total loss ’ ( CTL ) . |
| 15 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 16 | Steel-Maitland , Boraston , Jenkins and Fraser made up a team of experts , all of sufficient status to deal with politicians who might call into the office ; the work of the office was departmentalized for the first time and the heads of department brought together into a supervising board . |
| 17 | It was in her honour that he , too , had shaved for a second time and puffed Carole 's deodorant over his private parts . |
| 18 | for example , the maintenance of blood pressure when changing from a lying to a standing position is achieved less rapidly as we age ; as a result the blood supply to the brain is decreased for a longer time and there is a greater tendency to feel dizzy . |
| 19 | Exiled for the second time and without the support of many of the Castilian knights who had followed him before , Rodrigo once again displayed his qualities of a great commander . |
| 20 | The Brichardi have just bred for the first time and have a healthy brood of 20 or so fry . |
| 21 | The judgements that have to be made are complex , not least because local government has existed for a long time and the opportunities for building up capital or depleting it have been great . |
| 22 | These can be kept for a long time and are likely to breed . |
| 23 | The biggest change has come within the ranks of the SDLP where Martin Bradley , Mark Durkan , Kathleen McCloskey , Margaret McCartney and Wilfred White have all been elected for the first time and Pat Ramsey makes a return to the Council chamber having reclaimed the seat he lost in 1989 . |
| 24 | She was captured for the second time and remains disappeared . |
| 25 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |