Example sentences of "for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | When hiring tools from HSS Hire Shops you only pay for the actual time the equipment is in use ; in addition you have the HAE assurance that the tools you select are regularly maintained , and are in a safe condition . |
| 2 | The computer operator in the station made another call to the ambulance service telling them that the situation was very serious and asking for the estimated time of arrival of the ambulance . |
| 3 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |
| 4 | He and his partner , Gary Armstrong , playing together in a major international for the 25th time , plus a few other Scots , must have booked their places on the forthcoming British Lions tour to New Zealand . |
| 5 | I could be bathing the children , watching that Thomas the Tank Engine video for the 100th time … |
| 6 | The chief executive may know what change is needed , but has to wait for the right time to introduce it . |
| 7 | Then nearly five more , waiting for the right time — God 's time to come out . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | For the second time in his life the icy fingers of death pierced his innermost self . |
| 10 | As expected , Martina , fresh from victory in the Dow Classic in Birmingham , proceeded unharmed to the final , defeating Amanda Coetzer and Brenda Schulz for the second time in a week , Mary Joe Fernandez , and Heather Ludloff , all in straight sets . |
| 11 | He did this after he had cut the grooves for the second time in the stretchers . |
| 12 | We learned for the second time that old London Underground trains never die : they are sold for another quarter-century 's work on the Isle of Wight . |
| 13 | Until last year , Longchamp was the only place to be , but now Phoenix Park in Dublin , where the Cartier Million will be staged for the second time tomorrow , provides a tempting alternative . |
| 14 | A CONVICTED mass murderer has , for the second time , bloodied the nose , metaphorically speaking , of Malcolm Rifkind , the Secretary of State for Scotland , by successfully pursuing a claim for damages . |
| 15 | JOHN WHITAKER scooped his sponsor 's pool at the Horse of the Year Show for the second time running on the spring-heeled Next Milton , when winning last night 's Next International Masters , writes Genevieve Murphy . |
| 16 | ALI NORRISH , the Oxford University Boat Club president , offered to resign last night after failing her first-year engineering examinations for the second time . |
| 17 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 18 | He had just won the competitive Cambridgeshire Handicap for the second time in three years . |
| 19 | Yesterday Silvino Francisco became his victim for the second time . |
| 20 | Last month the company warned , for the second time this year , that profits would be disappointing . |
| 21 | The third weakness is that the method adopted to conquer inflation for the second time — raising the interest rate — only works by inflicting pain on borrowers , both corporate and domestic . |
| 22 | I slung my rifle over my shoulder and clutching the bottle of wine I crossed the bridge for the second time , heading east , turning to wave to the couple at the door of the café . |
| 23 | The Reykjavik summit , when President Reagan met Mr Gorbachev for the second time , led to a notable strain between Washington and London . |
| 24 | It was a foregone conclusion that Haslam would for the second time in his career find himself ‘ pitch-forked ’ into a retrenchment programme . |
| 25 | Brian Little has become the first man to win the Vauxhall Conference manager of the month award , worth £250 , for the second time in succession , for Darlington 's unbeaten run throughout October . |
| 26 | Greece embarked on a fortnight of party negotiations following the failure of the two main parties to secure a clear majority in national balloting for the second time this year . |
| 27 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 28 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
| 29 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 30 | Not a snap or a twang , but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches . |