Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] them [prep] the 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 | Even the songs they sang on such occasions had a defiance in them , always remembering of course they had a drink in them at the time . |
| 3 | There 'd been a bench between them at the time . |
| 4 | She was running a whole chain of them by the time he went to university . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 7 | He and his wife had offered us accommodation with them from the time my curacy finished until after the expedition . |