Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 2 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 3 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 4 | You can use this function to wait for a specified time for a key to be pressed . |
| 5 | The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it . |
| 6 | Well , he 'll have to see about the next time Kyle cos he was |
| 7 | ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding . |
| 8 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 9 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 10 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 11 | Microscopy has come a long way since the 1670s when Antonie van Leewenhoek used his relatively crude instruments to see for the first time the bacteria that inhabit worlds normally hidden from the naked eye . |
| 12 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 13 | To see for the first time and together that incomparable view of San Marco from the western end of the Piazza . |
| 14 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 15 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 16 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 17 | Having driven past in the usual manner , the driver then had to go through a second time in reverse so that the mourners on the other side could also take a look . |
| 18 | THE ISRAELI cabinet is being called this week to debate for the first time proposals made by Egypt for advancing the search for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . |
| 19 | The environment working group of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) is finally to meet for the first time — 20 years after it was first constituted . |
| 20 | It was n't only the bride , but the bride 's family she was to meet for the first time . |
| 21 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 22 | The second is any child under the age of about five , who is unlikely to be able to concentrate for the necessary time — although it must be said that older children probably make the best subjects of all , as they are still at the stage where their imagination is in good working order and they have not become weighed down by the need to earn a living or the problems of bringing up a family . |
| 23 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 24 | He will now begin the physically and mentally painful process of taking male hormones to establish for the first time his masculinity . |
| 25 | The Great Powers thus pressed their territorial control outwards to encompass for the first time virtually the whole surface of the globe , to centralize the world on a few centres of power . |
| 26 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 27 | So that the training is not unduly prolonged the deans suggest that the undergraduate course could be shortened to compensate for the extra time spent as a house officer . |
| 28 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 29 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 30 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |