Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapter Five opens with the information : ‘ Ursula and Kenelm had known my parents for some time , having been introduced originally by a mutual friend . |
| 2 | Di Driver had been coming to my classes for some time and she knew I was appearing on the programme but I had no idea that she planned on paying me a visit ‘ on air ’ . |
| 3 | She looked at these objects in my hands for some time and then raised her eyes to my face . |
| 4 | The second characteristic of the post-war national insurance scheme , which will perpetuate the treatment of women as dependants on their husbands for some time to come , is the married woman 's option . |
| 5 | Someone who says he 's ‘ held one in his hand ’ , thinks that Intel has done a good job hyping up the industry over the P5 without having much chance of delivering its promises for some time to come . |
| 6 | A rune weapon will lose its powers for this time , and other rune-based magic items will be similarly affected . |
| 7 | If the skunk has not squirted its glands for some time , then it is primed for about six powerful shots at the enemy , but it is unlikely to use all its ammunition at once because it will take about a week for replenishment and the animal can not afford to risk being cornered empty-glanded by a second predator . |
| 8 | All ages are interested in the sport and some men have even left their wives for more time to fish ! |
| 9 | This time , thanks to the more ‘ open government ’ of the council chairman , David Webster , all the sports have known their allocations for some time and make their own judgment on merit without interference from the council . |
| 10 | However we divide up the work of an organisation , we can not satisfy all of its members for all time to come . |
| 11 | Helping a Third World child had been in the back of their minds for some time , but it was an ActionAid advertisement in their Sunday paper that spurred them into action . |
| 12 | Even four successive nights seemed an almost too generous slice of happiness , and on that fourth night , with the waning moonlight glittering on the sea and the crickets noisy in the hayfield on the other side of the wall , she gazed sadly up at him and asked the question that had been uppermost in their minds for some time . |
| 13 | Because the group had known her and her children for some time they agreed to ‘ have a go ’ and the placement went ahead . |
| 14 | This business is encumbered by a large portfolio of undeveloped residential land which will dilute its ability to make a reasonable return on its assets for some time to come . |
| 15 | Von Stein had been checking the wall clock in the laboratory then looking back at his notes for some time . |
| 16 | Nails stood looking at his feet for some time , as there was not much else to do . |
| 17 | It was just the sort of set-up that attracted Dustin , who had been itching to have more power over his films for some time . |