Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] for [det] time " in BNC.
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1 | The most interesting item was a Q.V double florin which was sold for many times more than its 20p face value , leading the purchaser to complain ( with a smile ) about being ‘ ripped-off ’ . |
2 | A ‘ minder ’ is allocated , who is freed for that time to assist the trainee . |
3 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
4 | The rights and wrongs of it were debated for some time and the feeling seemed to be that the TCCB had come out of it in a worse light than Gatting ; as the Melbourne newspaper The Age put it , ‘ Gatting , caught rumour , bowled hypocrisy , 0 ’ . |
5 | One of the country 's leading experts on the secret services says the evidence confirms what he 's known for some time . |
6 | And even if a structural , timber can be dated , there is always the possibility that it was stored for some time between being felled and being used , or even that it was re-used timber salvaged from an earlier building . |
7 | He took the view that her consent alone could not be retracted since it was given for all time as part of the contract of marriage . |
8 | It does not matter , she had thought , numbly , for whatever it was and whatever it has been , it was forbidden for all time . |