Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a pledge of my sincerity in the matter of the crowning of Prince Richard , I leave it for the time being with you . |
| 2 | Hakim was used to transactions where ‘ all parameters are not known , you leave it for the times that things are known ’ , but this business proceeded on a plane that was ‘ intangible ’ . |
| 3 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 4 | But if you wanted a single bed moving , then the cheapest way would be just to have one man , he comes we charge you for the time we take , with a minimum of an hour 's charge . |
| 5 | By that method we fix our minds on some central point : we suppose it for the time to be reduced to a stationary state ; and we then study in relation to it the forces that affect the things by which it is surrounded , and any tendency there may be to equilibrium of these forces . |
| 6 | We thank you for the times when it moves us to be in your presence together . |
| 7 | They admire themselves for a time . |
| 8 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 9 | He said nothing for a time . |
| 10 | He left her for a time to find prey and brought back a hare from the moorland tops , tearing it up and gently feeding her with parts of it . |