Example sentences of "[noun] for [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | URANUS and Neptune have been trundling through this part of your chart for some time which may explain all the false starts , not to mention the general instability . |
2 | If you have been away from nurse education for some time you will be very pleasantly surprised by the much more interactive and civilised approach to learning apparent in most schools and colleges of nursing . |
3 | Was I think he said it were about twenty six pound a week for that time you see ? |
4 | Despite constructing one of their most positive displays for some time they lost to a French team who profited from the only genuine opportunities they created . |
5 | However , where a discriminatory practice has been in operation for some time it may be easier for the Commission for Racial Equality to produce evidence in support of an allegation . |
6 | Di Scott , of Fairbridge , explained : ‘ After the ship had been in operation for some time it was realised that a great deal of money was needed for maintenance and running costs . |
7 | I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it . |
8 | Who was employed before they came here , that had erm , sickness pay from their employer for any time they were off . |
9 | Because the group had known her and her children for some time they agreed to ‘ have a go ’ and the placement went ahead . |
10 | Carbon monoxide has no smell and if your appliance has n't been services for some time you may now be in danger . |
11 | Excitement mounted ; in her memoirs Princess Marie Louise quotes Sir Edwin Lutyens as saying , ‘ Let us devise and design for all time something which will enable future generations to see how a king and queen of England lived in the twentieth century , and what authors , artists and craftsmen of note there were during their reign . ’ |