Example sentences of "i [vb past] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , that 's the end of that then , so let's move on to the projected sales reports I asked for last time . |
| 2 | I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’ |
| 3 | I struggled for some time to understand the metaphors until an inner voice said to me during meditation : ‘ You 're in martyr over this book . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I had for some time been interested in the work of the 17th century Dutch and Spanish still-life school of painting . |
| 5 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |