Example sentences of "for a [adj] time [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , a residence requirement which consisted of a requirement to have resided for a certain time in the country before a self-employed occupation could be taken up would involve covert discrimination , because it would be satisfied virtually automatically by nationals and would therefore affect nationals of other member states , if not exclusively , at least chiefly . |
| 2 | He has grown-up children from that , and is now happily married for a second time with a young son , Jamie . |
| 3 | However , his appearance had been that of an eighteen-year-old , which makes nonsense for a second time of the press claims that Lord Haw-Haw was as puny in appearance as he had been in his human sympathies . |
| 4 | It was like some ghoulish rerun of Sunday afternoon , as if the same sequence in a film was being shot for a second time under a different director . |
| 5 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 6 | Many Arabs who lost their homes in what became the state of Israel and settled on the West Bank in 1948 became refugees for a second time during the Six Day War in 1967 . |
| 7 | During the course of the meeting it became clear that the council is considering withdrawing the bill for a second time in the hope of being able to adopt a new parliamentary order-making procedure under the 1992 Transport and Public Works Act , which may come into force in the next parliamentary session . |
| 8 | On his return in 680 he was deprived of his relics by Iurminburg , imprisoned for nine months by Ecgfrith , and then expelled for a second time from the kingdom . |
| 9 | As an apologist , he seems totally blind to the fact that the New Testament is just such a collection of old books , which require , if we are to understand them aright , patience and a willingness to listen to scholars who have meditated for a long time on the nature of the ( often quite puzzling and contradictory ) material which they contain . |
| 10 | Rosemary had been to Venice and seen the original bridge , and she enthused for a long time on the beauties of that city and how much she would like to go there again after the war was over . |
| 11 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |
| 12 | He had driven to Roker in Sunderland and had walked for a long time on the beach , contemplating suicide , but had driven back to his son 's home . |
| 13 | If the situation lasts for a long time with no sign of improvement , you should discuss the future very carefully with the doctor or hospital specialist , rather than trying to cope in a hopeless situation which can not resolve itself . |
| 14 | Peggy had lived for a long time with an aunt while her daddy and mummy were abroad , and she had been spoilt by always getting her own way . |
| 15 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 16 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 17 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 18 | Residents have campaigned for a long time for a speed restriction and traffic calming in Skerne Park , which has a high accident rate . |
| 19 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 20 | On reaching the top of the hill , Tess paused and looked for a long time at the familiar green world of home . |
| 21 | She chatted for a long time to a friendly Madame Pompadour , who professed to love Wales and bombarded her with intimate questions . |
| 22 | The Princess found herself pigeon holed for a long time as a result of those early associations , but they were nevertheless a useful apprenticeship . |
| 23 | So we are talking in general terms about being willing to share our time , energy , space and care , particularly with people who have been recently bereaved through some major form of loss , maybe for a shod period of time while they readjust , maybe for a long time as the person or people involved learn to face life 's vicissitudes alone . |
| 24 | Similarly , we can say that the purchase of a new machine by a firm is investment — the machine itself will not yield utility to anyone in the current period but will produce ( or help to produce ) consumer goods probably for a long time into the future . |
| 25 | Kee told her about his life and talked for a long time about the old Haiti and the people he remembered . |
| 26 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |
| 27 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 28 | I stood for a long time in a telephone box just to keep out of the slicing rain . |
| 29 | The Tynedale Fenwicks and the Liddesdale Elliots were involved for a long time in a savage , unyielding feud ; and the Armstrongs , among their many clashes , quarrelled simultaneously with the Scottish Turnbulls and Johnstones and with the English Bells , while the Bells were also feuding with the English Grahams . |
| 30 | And he sat for a long time in a melancholy reverie as the ants continued to drift down , thinking of the futility of all endeavour . |