Example sentences of "to [pers pn] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time .
2 It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time .
3 ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years .
4 And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time .
5 Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time .
6 It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby .
7 Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them .
8 But no you go up town and get me this you see now she meant that sh sh you know no mampy pampying now , off you go yo you this is going to happen to you for a long time to come .
9 The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time .
10 Perhaps , because I had really addressed myself to him for the first time , he thought we were in accord .
11 It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend .
12 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 .
13 Oh , poor Travis , Leith thought , her sympathies going out to him for the terrible time he was having .
14 Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time .
15 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 .
16 Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time .
17 Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before .
18 The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her .
19 The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval .
20 It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood .
21 It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own .
22 It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time .
23 Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day .
24 We all lived on top of each other and at any time one of us was probably irritated in some way by one of the others , but Tom seemed to hold on to it for a long time , never expressing his resentment until he just flipped into despising somebody .
25 ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time .
26 We have been looking forward to it for a long time , ’ said one oilman .
27 I shut my eyes and hold my lace to hers for a long time .
28 It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need .
29 You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future .
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