Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | the general administration of the trust is ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom ; and 2. the trustees or a majority of them for the time being are not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( TCGA 1992 , s69(1) ) . |
| 2 | Not the clankings and gratings of the Zoo which lay off in the distance to his right , now obscured by the trees over which he had flown in the night , but the call of a thousand birds whose busyness and life shook his fears off him for a time and replaced them with a sense of wonder . |
| 3 | They 're more likely to leave George 's reins to you for the time being . |
| 4 | The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances . |
| 5 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 6 | I wo n't be in touch with you for a time and I do n't want you starting a panic . ’ |