Example sentences of "for [adj] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an effort even to fetch coal from outside , and a herculean struggle was called for each time I opened the garage doors which faced the prevailing gales . |
| 2 | And so for that time we live now , both of us , and we are perfectly happy , and the waiting is not weary , but good and happy for us both . |
| 3 | Was I think he said it were about twenty six pound a week for that time you see ? |
| 4 | URANUS and Neptune have been trundling through this part of your chart for some time which may explain all the false starts , not to mention the general instability . |
| 5 | Despite constructing one of their most positive displays for some time they lost to a French team who profited from the only genuine opportunities they created . |
| 6 | Gradually they learn to discriminate , although for some time they can not determine what is influencing the mother 's movements towards or away from them . |
| 7 | Because the group had known her and her children for some time they agreed to ‘ have a go ’ and the placement went ahead . |
| 8 | In his introduction to the environmental policy document which will be issued to employees in 1993 , Chief Executive Kneale Ashwell explains : ‘ For some time we have recognised the need for a policy to increase awareness , to deal with environmental issues and to implement systems which ensure the Company complies with all relevant legislation and manages the essential attitudinal and behavioural changes that are likely to affect business operations . |
| 9 | For some time we have been promised legislation to reform the laws on friendly societies . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held . |
| 11 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 12 | For some time we 've been in a false position and our two games against Birmingham have confirmed this . |
| 13 | Dr Ramey also explains that when couples are together for some time their hormone levels often begin to co-ordinate in the same way , so regular sex — say on Saturday nights — mean you tune into each other 's hormone levels . |
| 14 | Elite studies preserved for some time their emphasis on stability and survival of political rule rather than on the visible exercise of power . |
| 15 | People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open . |
| 16 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 17 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 18 | So for some time She-She and I talked very seriously about the future Princess of Wales . |
| 19 | For some time my party held the perfectly logical view that NATO and the Warsaw pact should both be dissolved . |
| 20 | For some time she had done all that was possible to avoid going out in the rain as she could not bear the thought of the water touching her skin . |
| 21 | For some time she had felt a curious weightiness , then sudden relief . |
| 22 | For some time she looked round the garden for them and then went into the house . |
| 23 | For some time she stayed with the Kleibers . |
| 24 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 25 | For some time she has been head dancer of a troupe and has travelled extensively abroad , taking part in cabaret on land and aboard cruise ships . |
| 26 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 27 | After living rough for some time she decided that we offered the best chance of a home , and moved in Fizzy 's attitude is ambivalent . |
| 28 | John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering . |
| 29 | For some time there have been rumours that the urbs have been solving the problem by having their foxes caught and surreptitiously turned loose in remote rural areas . |
| 30 | For some time there was a conflict of jurisdiction between the bishop 's reeves and the interests of the Gild Merchant . |