Example sentences of "for the [adj] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer operator in the station made another call to the ambulance service telling them that the situation was very serious and asking for the estimated time of arrival of the ambulance . |
| 2 | The Dale , perhaps for the only time in its short life , was full . |
| 3 | The margin of 425 runs was the largest runs victory West Indies have had over England , and for the only time in Test cricket Extras had a bigger match aggregate ( 44 ) than any batsman . |
| 4 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 5 | Thus it transpired , for the only time in the BBC 's history , that the Design Department was asked to undertake the responsibility and the budgets for all visual effects , special props , models , etc. , needed for the television series . |
| 6 | This sense of self-doubt also had some part in convincing Conservative leaders that neither Britain nor western society could survive another trauma of the seriousness of the First World War and thus , for the only time in history , the party abandoned its usual reliance on strong defences and the balance of power in Europe , adopting a policy towards Nazi Germany known as appeasement . |
| 7 | First , for the only time in his Gospel , he calls them apostles . |
| 8 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 9 | Then he attacked with venom and had Thornton looking troubled for the only time in the fight . |
| 10 | Flanagan began the big Bangor revival , winning the Ulster Cup and taking the club into Europe for the only time in their history as League runners-up two years ago . |
| 11 | For the only time in any of her decorations Walker has made some of the figures quite distinctly male — the clearest being a nude figure in a pose which is repeated in reverse on either side of the central action , at the head of the crowd . |
| 12 | For the only time in his career ( with the arguable exception of the months between May 1945 and January 1946 ) de Gaulle was not confronted by an all-consuming national or international crisis . |
| 13 | The relative value of doing so measured against the cost of the associated hard and software , however , rules it out for the present time at least . |
| 14 | X. Ray 's unshowy steadiness was right for the low time in which he newly found himself — he could put the fire out . |
| 15 | If the defendant is gonged , or runs for the allotted time without mishap , another outline alibi can immediately be supplied to another volunteer defendant . |
| 16 | A warm and welcoming place , Southern Brittany provides a wealth of places to explore for the remaining time before flying back to England on 20 April 1991 . |
| 17 | NOVELL AIMS FOR THE BIG TIME WITH RELEASE 4.0 OF NETWARE |
| 18 | That means that after years of scrimping and saving at Charlton Lawrence should enjoy the luxury of preparing for the big time with money to spend . |
| 19 | Well I thought I was going to have the computer here for the whole time of Sarah 's stay you see . |
| 20 | There was another sound , too , a strange noise for the bright time of noonday . |
| 21 | Ian left the colour to develop for the maximum time of forty minutes under a gentle heat . |
| 22 | Who should pay for the wasted time of the dentist ? — I ? the bus driver ? the bus company ? or the clock manufacturer ? |