Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 2 | The most recent research suggests that children who were breast fed have higher intelligence than those bottle-fed from birth , after allowing for the extra time breast-feeding mothers might spend with their babies or extra effort they might put into mothering . |
| 3 | Lisa had sighed and squeezed her friend 's arm , reflecting for the hundred-millionth time just what an enormous debt she owed Josey . |
| 4 | Ann has n't done a lot of cooking for a long time though , have you really ? |
| 5 | I think the death of David 's father was probably what took him a while to make the decision about leaving Ken , because to lose his father , who he really adored , who had always been a pillar of strength to him , changed his life , and I think David carried a bitterness about him dying for a long time . |
| 6 | He had been crouched on the first-floor landing for a long time , peering through the banister rails to the kitchen at the end of the lower corridor , listening to the ebb and flow of their conversation . |
| 7 | Watching the Trooper disappear up the road , I reckon it could go on trooping for a long time yet at the right price , with very little needing doing . |
| 8 | I stood outside his door listening for a long time ; there was n't a sound . |
| 9 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 10 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 11 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 12 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
| 13 | She wondered how many were selling information , and how many were dupes looking for a good time . |
| 14 | But I do n't expect you to believe I was simply looking for a good time . |
| 15 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 16 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 17 | He added : ‘ We are confident we will still be operating for a long time to come . |
| 18 | I 'm sure that if he had said something he never have betrayed the pain he had been guarding for a long time . |
| 19 | If you 're a Libran who just has to say what 's on your mind come hell or high water you could be heading for a stormy time . |
| 20 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 21 | Those behind the Premier League shudder at the prospect of them heading for the big time . |
| 22 | When they had eaten their meal of wheat ro is and milk they kept the fire going for a long time . |
| 23 | Because he thought that he was dealing with the National Press rather than simply a few local people whom he had been ignoring for a considerable time , the Mayor responded to direct questioning , even if he did not change his colours . |
| 24 | The win by Peter Crispe and navigator Tony Poole was an exceptionally popular one , the pair having been stalwarts of air racing for a long time . |
| 25 | That left him deciding for a long time which club to use for his third shot . |
| 26 | I was relaxing for a long time . |
| 27 | ‘ I have been waiting for a long time to get my hands on this one ’ , a review of Nicolson by Kingsley Amis began . |
| 28 | Then nearly five more , waiting for the right time — God 's time to come out . |
| 29 | But much of Operation Gemini is about surveilance , observing known criminals and waiting for the right time to move in and make arrests , of which there have been more than a hundred and twenty since the operation started four weeks ago . |
| 30 | When bought in large pieces , such hams may be further enhanced by baking for a short time in a hot oven with a glaze of either honey , ginger syrup , marmalade mixed with orange juice or fruit syrups . |