Example sentences of "again for a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 It would become known as the Aladdin Sane Retirement Tour of Great Britain , comprising over 40 appearances and culminating at Hammersmith Odeon for the famous final concert of June 3 , 1973 , when David announced his ‘ retirement ’ and that he would n't perform live concerts again for a long time — not for two or three years at least .
2 As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time .
3 We may not see this place again for a long time . ’
4 Both the Shepherds were silent again for a long time , and in the tiny cellar Ho started shivering violently .
5 ‘ I do n't want to do theatre again for a long time , ’ he said .
6 ‘ I do n't think that will happen again for a long time , ’ said Davis , who comes to Goffs for this year 's event with confidence boosted by triumphs in the British and European Opens .
7 ‘ Well , Daouad , you will not see the Sukkariya again for a long time unless you answer my questions . ’
8 Douglas chased the German back over Edinburgh again for a second time , so low that ‘ grannies ’ fell off chimneys and empty cartridge cases rained in back-gardens .
9 The Ulsterman has decided to remain faithful to 1991 Champion hero Morley Street , as Toby Balding 's eight-year-old clashes with Granville Again for a second time this season .
10 When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time .
11 Not only that ; that 's where they get their instructions , because sometimes some of them go out again for a second time to take part in another incident .
12 Mr Papandreou , aged 70 , is under increasing pressure to reach a compromise solution with his political opponents as Greek voters have no desire to go to the polls again for a third time in less than six months .
13 Goebbels 's rousing ‘ total war ’ speech on 18 February 1943 stirred the Party faithful again for a short time .
14 And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning .
15 Then they would have entered the conical shadow cast by the moon , and the stars would have become visible again for a brief time before the Lift sank beneath the surface itself and came to a standstill , its massive kinetic energy somehow conducted away from the lower terminus and stored in a way that Alex Bannen would have killed to learn .
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