Example sentences of "it [prep] [det] 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 Back to acting , he found occasional work in television drama but nothing substantial came along , nor would it for some time to come .
5 He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid .
6 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 .
7 I did n't get over it for some time ; it had touched my heart .
8 I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about .
9 I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’
10 It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it .
11 I 've had it for some time — like a little nest
12 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 …
13 When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time .
14 He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him .
15 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 .
16 ‘ 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 . ’
17 They 've been doing it for some time at the Biro , Perth is
18 And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture .
19 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 .
20 ‘ My organisation has been monitoring it for some time now . ’
21 Indeed , she had been half expecting it for some time now .
22 She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself .
23 The staged process allows the majority to watch the change without having to be involved in it for some time .
24 ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’
25 She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose .
26 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 .
27 ‘ I 'd thought about it for some time , and decided to give it a go . ’
28 Cohse branch secretary at Greenbank Sheila Bowes said : ‘ Nurses do n't want this move but management have been contemplating it for some time . ’
29 Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all .
30 In the forty third minute , Foyle volleyed wide from fifteen yards when really he should have been on target after receiving from Magilton , and as referee Taylor was looking at his whistle to blow it for half time , United skipper , Steve Foster drove forward from the edge of the penalty area , shrugged off a couple of challenges , hit a good low shot , seemingly under the body of Gosney , but Gosney 's body just halted the flow of the ball .
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