Example sentences of "was [adj] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friendship rapidly developed between Mrs Gould , who was pregnant for the seventh time , and Lady Franklin , who at 46 had no children and was delighted to entertain a young family . |
| 2 | Mary Rose was pregnant for the fourth time and not feeling too good . |
| 3 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 4 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 5 | It was that for the first time something illogical had crept into her world . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether it affects anyone else but what happened to me was that for the first time in my adult life I began to feel part of a community . |
| 7 | What was new in Althusser was that for the first time this epistemological tradition was developed for a Marxism . |
| 8 | Obviously the progress made in educational thinking just prior to 1973 , and in its interpretation , had been quite dramatic and the way was clear for the first time to develop long-term objectives for education . |
| 9 | Blake was content for the first time in days . |
| 10 | He was ill for a long time . |
| 11 | She fell on her head and was unconscious for a long time . |
| 12 | My period was late for the first time ever . |
| 13 | The Ecumenical Jury , which was present for the first time in 1989 , included members of the Russian Orthodox Church , OCIC , and Interfilm . |
| 14 | As the visitors pushed forward Ferguson was unlucky for the second time to have a effort cleared off the line , this time by Birney . |
| 15 | Eddie was airborne for the third time that day , returning his friends to Blackpool . |
| 16 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |
| 17 | I was full for the first time in two weeks . |
| 18 | In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery . |
| 19 | He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance . |
| 20 | Last year I was fifteen for the third time round . |
| 21 | The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever . |
| 22 | His financial position was secure for the first time , and for the last twenty years of his long life he was able to devote himself to his work of creating a Serbian literary language and bringing to the notice of his countrymen and the world the riches of the Serbian oral tradition . |
| 23 | Evelyn was silent for a long time afterwards . |
| 24 | He was silent for a long time . |
| 25 | Creggan was silent for a long time . |
| 26 | Campbell put his face in his hands , and was silent for a long time . |
| 27 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 28 | He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her . |
| 29 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 30 | The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) . |