Example sentences of "[to-vb] it for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 2 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 3 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |