Example sentences of "[prep] it for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 2 | Ace had been dimly aware of it for some time , but now she realized that beads of laser light were swinging in crazy arcs all round the stub of girder on which she and Defries were standing . |
| 3 | Harry : ‘ I 'd have asked them , ‘ This opera , you 've been in it for long time — do you still like it then ? … |
| 4 | The staged process allows the majority to watch the change without having to be involved in it for some time . |
| 5 | I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart . |
| 6 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 7 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 9 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
| 10 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |