Example sentences of "for [art] very [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pleased to meet you , ’ she had responded , for the very first time since her arrival at Loch Lomond feeling unaccountably awkward and strange . |
| 2 | Now , briefly , possibly for the very first time in his life , he felt helpless and miserable at one and the same time . |
| 3 | Then , for the very first time in my life , a faint light flickered somewhere inside me . |
| 4 | For the very first time in her life she needed someone . |
| 5 | Well , in this view — quite possibly for the very first time in the history of their occupations — publishers and booksellers are wrong . |
| 6 | He had felt sure when he left his hotel room that every eye in Saigon would be on him that evening because he was wearing a white tuxedo for the very first time in his young life . |
| 7 | It seems that human attention can only be sustained for a very limited time by any subject , even the prospects of its own destruction . |
| 8 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 9 | Owen O'Neil agrees : ‘ There 's no major comedy circuit in Northern Ireland in the way there is in London , but people have survived for a very long time on the strength of their own sense of humour . ’ |
| 10 | Christian festivals had coexisted for a very long time with ancient non-Christian celebrations . |
| 11 | Frankly , she could survive in great happiness for a very long time without ever setting eyes on him again . |
| 12 | It has been a shareholder for a very long time in some private companies and I think we 've become known to be a supportive shareholder . |
| 13 | It is a factor recognised for a very long time in relation to language learning . |
| 14 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 15 | It would evidently be impossible to resume normal living conditions for a very long time after fallout of the assumed density . ’ |
| 16 | Until the first new pay and conditions order is made under the new Act , the 1987 Act needs to be kept in being for a very short time for a very specific and limited purpose to ensure that all teachers continue to be covered by the existing pay and conditions order made under that Act . |