Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Scottish Dairy Trade Federation has said for some time it is not happy with that . |
| 3 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 4 | Elite studies preserved for some time their emphasis on stability and survival of political rule rather than on the visible exercise of power . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering . |
| 8 | 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 ] . |