Example sentences of "[verb] it for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 2 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 3 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 5 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 6 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 7 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 8 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
| 9 | Indeed , she had been half expecting it for some time now . |
| 10 | Having decided how long the intervention is to last , ask the parents to run it for that time and then immediately return to the baseline condition . |
| 11 | To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically . |
| 12 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 13 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
| 14 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 16 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 17 | the pool with blood , staining it for all time , |
| 18 | We have cut out the instructions and kept it for next time . |
| 19 | ‘ My organisation has been monitoring it for some time now . ’ |
| 20 | In the forty third minute , Foyle volleyed wide from fifteen yards when really he should have been on target after receiving from Magilton , and as referee Taylor was looking at his whistle to blow it for half time , United skipper , Steve Foster drove forward from the edge of the penalty area , shrugged off a couple of challenges , hit a good low shot , seemingly under the body of Gosney , but Gosney 's body just halted the flow of the ball . |
| 21 | Cohse branch secretary at Greenbank Sheila Bowes said : ‘ Nurses do n't want this move but management have been contemplating it for some time . ’ |