Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | The enjoyment of gross physical activity goes on for a long time , progressing to skipping and rushing-about games . |
| 3 | ‘ It all seemed to go on for a long time , but it must have been just a few seconds . ’ |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 5 | To go on for a long time doing better and better exhibitions . |
| 6 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 7 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 8 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 9 | ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area . |
| 10 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 11 | Instead , we gradually get the horse used to having its feet picked up , little by little , until it will tolerates having its feet picked up for a longer time without causing any fuss . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not snowing so heavily now , ’ he said , on climbing back for the sixth time . |
| 13 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 14 | Try explaining it to Ashley as he sits in the back of the minibus watching the streets of Salzburg slip by for the last time as — filming finished — we begin the journey back home . |
| 15 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 16 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 17 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 18 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 19 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 20 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 21 | Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe . |
| 22 | B : ‘ That would be wonderful but I think we will be saving up for a long time . |
| 23 | Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges . |
| 24 | He made his Palace debut on Boxing Day , teaming up for the first time with Dickie Dowsett and Ronnie Allen , and helped the Palace romp to a thrilling 3–0 victory over Millwall on a freezing surface . |
| 25 | An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life . |
| 26 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 27 | She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 29 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 30 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |