Example sentences of "for [adj] time [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | This hour , before the heat began to build up , was the best time of day to be out of doors , and since her mistress would be asleep for some time yet she was free to go as she pleased . |
2 | My distress when this bombshell was dropped must have left its mark , for some time later I received a letter enclosing a card signed by a number of Australian cricketers , including Bradman , at a private dinner party . |
3 | During the years of World War N and for some time afterwards there had been a heavy demand for commercial and military explosives but by 1960 when Haslam was made personnel director of the Nobel Division of ICI the demand , particularly for military explosives , had dropped dramatically . |
4 | And thus I can say that both on the moment of this resolution and for some time afterwards I had more sublime and happy feelings than at any former period of my life . ’ |
5 | A car with headlights on came towards him , cautiously negotiated the hairpin bend , and for some time afterwards he could hear it grinding up the hill to Albert Terrace . |
6 | ‘ For some time now we have operated on a customer-led basis , ’ explained Paul . |
7 | It had been long since he had asked her mother to share his bed , and for some time now his favourite had been a young Khabiri concubine , a month younger than she was herself . |
8 | For some time now she 'd had the feeling that she was not the flavour of the month as far as he was concerned . |
9 | For some time now he had been certain that he had at last evolved a diction appropriate both to the requirements of classical epic and to the subtleties of the alchemical process . |
10 | For some time now he had not been aware of being followed , and he knew , too , that no one had searched his house in his absence . |
11 | ‘ For some time now I have been thinking I should marry again . |
12 | For some time now I have gradually become more and more disillusioned with teaching . |
13 | For some time now I have been greatly amused by Ian Wood 's column in the back page . |
14 | we approximately the subject we had been looking at for some time so I approximately , nineteen eighty eight , nineteen eighty nine |
15 | Swedish chief Tommy Svensson declared : ‘ If Anders does n't play for his club for some time then it 's going to be very difficult for me to pick him . |