Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not done that for a long time . |
| 2 | Are n't you playing the piano ? shall we get that book that you have , it 's yellow I think it 's down there , we have n't done that for a long time have we , we can do that while daddy and Tim are playing |
| 3 | I have n't seen that for a long time |
| 4 | Yes , yes , she 's , she 's had , she 's had one of those and I have n't seen that for a long time . |
| 5 | Tom , a professional engineer , set up the company 5 years ago after being made redundant for the third time . |
| 6 | MOSCOW — Huge amounts of computerised information held in Soviet data bases are to be made available for the first time to Western research , it was agreed at a conference for Western and Eastern scientists here , writes Justin Arundale . |
| 7 | He it was who rescued a number of precious unpublished test recordings from private collections , and caused them to be made available for the first time . |
| 8 | With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls , however , a corpus of Essene material was made available for the first time , and it is now possible to assess the Essenes on their own terms . |
| 9 | He could well have returned late at night and she not heard him , though she had stayed awake for a long time , listening for the sound of the horses , the carriage wheels on the drive . |
| 10 | And … and I 've known that for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , I 've known that for a long time . |
| 12 | " I know , " Patrick said defiantly , realizing what she was trying to do , " I 've known that for a long time . " |
| 13 | Thirdly , he was declared bankrupt for the second time in 1912 on a creditor 's petition . |
| 14 | He was also declared bankrupt for the third time in September 1921 . |
| 15 | Innovators therefore have a good chance of being left alone for a long time . |
| 16 | " I have advocated this for a long time " , he declared , " and now I see that some of the shipowners are inclined to agree to it . |
| 17 | He suggested using watertight ox bladders as containers ; in them , tied to the saddle , plants could be kept fresh for a long time . |
| 18 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 19 | Vologsky 's need to feel that he was not alone in the world had lain dormant for a long time . |
| 20 | I am told that he has now been adjudicated bankrupt for a second time . |