Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | Well I think the consideration and the research has got to go on for some time . |
2 | But one matter the Society resisted pronouncing on for some time was the question of its own criteria for membership . |
3 | The situation was desperate : Holmes was away on a case , and not expected back for some time . |
4 | This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent . |
5 | He paced about for some time , looking agitated . |
6 | The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control . |
7 | But the Westland affair lingered on for some time to come . |
8 | He stood looking down for some time . |
9 | ‘ No more dressing up for some time . |
10 | Erm oh well maybe yours can be saved up for another time ? |
11 | Palin may not have travelled much as a young man , but he has now made up for lost time . |
12 | Dunne , Chapman 's last attempt to find a successor to Lambert , proved to be past his best , but Drake more than made up for lost time , scoring 42 League goals in 1934–5 , a club record for a single season . |
13 | Of course , since his release , he had made up for lost time , becoming quite a wheel in the charity game , but those two years had stayed with him . |
14 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
15 | As so often on this tour , Rubin Smith and Lamb were the main architects , both playing aggressively after David Smith , flown out to replace the injured Gooch , had hung around for some time to get accustomed to the conditions only to get a bruised thumb in the process . |
16 | Talks have been going on for some time on a range of scientific matters including fusion , nuclear safety and the environment . |
17 | The process has been going on for some time . |
18 | I hear his couchée going on for some time . |
19 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
20 | The argument had been going on for some time . |
21 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
22 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
23 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
24 | ‘ I do n't really think they have done enough this has been going on for some time . |
25 | Well you say that International Women 's Day has been going on for some time , but here in Britain what 's known as the Women 's Movement has been in operation now for about , what , twenty one/twenty two years , something like that . |
26 | The bed was made , but did n't seem to have been slept in for some time , although there was a folded pair of pyjamas under the pillow . |
27 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
28 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
29 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
30 | SKIPPER Allan Border hit his highest first-class score of the tour as Australia made up for lost time on a rain-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston . |