Example sentences of "but for [art] [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It seems an obvious assumption that these relatively simple organisms appeared very early in the history of life , but for a long time there was no proof that they actually did so .
2 Turner is one of my favourite painters , but for a long time I have had a theory that he had " wide-angle eyes " that filled the camera with distorted shapes .
3 Spokesman Brian Adams explained : ‘ The historical society is one of the oldest clubs at Queen 's but for a long time it seemed to have fallen into a plodding routine .
4 I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said .
5 Being rude about Palin feels like bombing Switzerland , but for the first time he seems , with this series , to be to post-Python what Paul McCartney was to post-Beatles .
6 It was hard work , but for the first time there are signs of movement in Stephen 's legs and clinic staff are hopeful he may soon be able to walk .
7 But for the thousandth time I do n't do anything and we get to the bathroom safely .
8 It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table .
9 But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference .
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