Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 2 | probably part of the reason why they did n't for the time being |
| 3 | The kind of practical tasks they carried out for the sufferer were of course very variable . |
| 4 | Indeed , the huge TV screen set up for the occasion is now predicting that the Tories will be shy of an overall majority by a mere eight seats : John Major will surely be back at Number 10 . |
| 5 | For the first time since Tamar had met her , the putty-coloured cheeks were flushed and the hands which she held out for the child were shaking . |
| 6 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |