Example sentences of "it [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having decided how long the intervention is to last , ask the parents to run it for that time and then immediately return to the baseline condition . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 3 | the pool with blood , staining it for all time , |
| 4 | Harry : ‘ I 'd have asked them , ‘ This opera , you 've been in it for long time — do you still like it then ? … |
| 5 | Back to acting , he found occasional work in television drama but nothing substantial came along , nor would it for some time to come . |
| 6 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 7 | To start with , you might have to go through the whole exercise in order to relax again but , once you have been doing it for some time , you will find that all you need to do is to picture your own peaceful scene and , because the link is permanently there in your subconscious mind , you will immediately begin to feel more peaceful , both mentally and physically . |
| 8 | I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart . |
| 9 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 10 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 11 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 12 | I 've had it for some time — like a little nest |
| 13 | If very dirty they lay it in the stream , securing it with a large stone , and let the water flow through it for some time , after which they proceed as before … the linen is spread upon the rocks in the river , or the walls near at hand , and secured , like everything else by a stone at each corner … |
| 14 | When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time . |
| 15 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 16 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 17 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 18 | They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is |
| 19 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
| 20 | Ace had been dimly aware of it for some time , but now she realized that beads of laser light were swinging in crazy arcs all round the stub of girder on which she and Defries were standing . |
| 21 | ‘ My organisation has been monitoring it for some time now . ’ |
| 22 | Indeed , she had been half expecting it for some time now . |
| 23 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 24 | The staged process allows the majority to watch the change without having to be involved in it for some time . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 26 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 27 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’ |
| 29 | Cohse branch secretary at Greenbank Sheila Bowes said : ‘ Nurses do n't want this move but management have been contemplating it for some time . ’ |
| 30 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |