Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mentioned earlier this year ( 24 January ) the plight of a useful local scavenger , the scrapman , faced by a battery of anti-pollution legislation , intended for the big time operators . |
| 2 | Dysmap works by solving a large number of simultaneous equations at specified time intervals , using the information already calculated for the previous time interval as the basis for the current series of calculations . |
| 3 | Questions whirled in her brain as the play progressed , unfolding its tale to an appreciative audience , yet she was no nearer to an answer as the curtain dropped for the final time after the cast had been made to take several bows . |
| 4 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 5 | Brothers Max ( the mechanic ) and Edwin ( the engine tuner ) both raced themselves ( bikes and car rallies respectively ) but quit when it became obvious that Bradl was destined for the big time . |
| 6 | All she wanted to do was yield to it , because it was what she had wanted for the whole time she had been with him . |
| 7 | The QRF is changed for the final time , and the boys get to bed . |
| 8 | The 26-year-old right back , capped for the only time two years ago , increases to 26 the squad that manager Graham Taylor expects to fly out to Katowice next Thursday for the first of the Group Two qualifiers next Saturday . |