Example sentences of "was [verb] for a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 2 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 3 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 4 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 5 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 6 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 7 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 8 | Once examined , the church was opened for a short time so that the locals could view the remains prior to the coffin being resealed and put back ‘ as near as circumstances would admit , in status quo ’ . |
| 9 | It was thought for a long time that he was a Carthusian but there is no firm evidence for this . |
| 10 | The horn was sounded for a third time , a single blast , long and mournful . |
| 11 | She thought afterwards , and was to think for a long time , that it was Sophie and Teodor who saved her . |
| 12 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |