Example sentences of "do for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 2 | ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time . |
| 3 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
| 4 | He went home feeling better than he had done for some time but he died suddenly during sleep 3 days later , presumably from a breakthrough cardiac arrythmia . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I have done for some time . ’ |
| 7 | That will do for another time . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is a risk , but it 's something I have wanted to do for some time and I believe it is feasible . |
| 9 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to . |