Example sentences of "on [pron] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 2 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 3 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 4 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 5 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 6 | Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time . |
| 7 | Well , in my observation , as regards young boys , it er th they played could play them up , the lads would play pranks on the teacher , who would put the best on it for a long time . |
| 8 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
| 9 | His eye fell on it for the first time as it sprang onto the marble plinth and clutched at the neck of the vase to steady itself . |