Example sentences of "for [adv] [art] [adj] time [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 2 | With Britain 's other 1500 metres hope , Kevin McKay , also missing out , we do n't have a runner in the final for only the second time this century . |
| 3 | Chatam , running for only the second time this season , went a length up as the pair jumped the last together but Mark Dwyer , riding with hands and heels , forced Jodami a head in front at the post . |
| 4 | Last year 's unstoppable strikeforce of Mark Hateley and Ally McCoist will team up for only the third time this season , Hateley with a ten goal start on his partner . |
| 5 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 6 | The outcome of the strike and its immediate consequences was that for almost the first time many people , including politicians in the Republic , who had previously been unconvinced were now satisfied that the majority of people in Northern Ireland would not accept a united Ireland and wished to have another election before their future was again discussed . |