Example sentences of "[adj] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 2 | Early versions of the theory were inconsistent with the observation that some matter is stable for a time that exceeds about 10 -8 seconds . |
| 3 | If she was depressed for a time , he blamed it on the illness she had had , and was sympathetic . |
| 4 | One was with the architect Colin Campbell [ q.v. ] , to whom he acted as assistant for a time . |
| 5 | ‘ So you 'll need to make yourself scarce for a time , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | Broken bones must be set quickly and they are weak for a time . |
| 7 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 8 | ‘ I am sufficiently stupid to have put up with all that for a time , but I will not be cuckolded by a duck . |
| 9 | Some of the locks were ready long before the canal which serves them , and were literally high and dry for a time . |
| 10 | Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh-in . |
| 11 | Russell was taken up in this for a time , he even wrote wonderful piece on the foundations of geometry couched in erm a sort of vaguely dialectical form , which in later life he erm pronounced as being complete rubbish . |
| 12 | If a relative wants to collect the ashes they can be collected or sent , but they will only be kept free for a time ( usually about a month ) — a charge will be made after that time . |
| 13 | The minting of his own coins by Beonna could suggest that he too broke free for a time from Aethelbald 's domination . |
| 14 | Bara , with her hint of eastern promise by way of Hollywood , was more appropriate for a time fixated on oriental and Asian culture , mysticism , dope and war . |
| 15 | As such it seems particularly appropriate for a time of rapid change and the need to unlearn dogmatism . |
| 16 | He said it would be hard for a time . ’ |
| 17 | Kapil 's early partners were busy medium-pacers in Karsan Ghavri and Madan Lal , while Chetan Sharma looked promising for a time before fading out of contention . |
| 18 | Satisfactory for a time , this afterwards perished , with the result that it is now almost impossible to find an example where most , if not all , of the leaves are not loose in the binding . |
| 19 | Anyone might , anyone could , anyone would be welcome for a time or half a time . |
| 20 | What is not clear , even now , is whether another fort was established in the vicinity before the construction of nearby Stanwix on Hadrian 's Wall or whether the Carlisle position was left unguarded for a time . |
| 21 | Vermuyden constructed the first Bedford River , twenty-one miles long , to drain the so-called Bedford Level , and it was highly effective for a time , but the one factor the engineer failed to foresee was that the dried-out land would shrink ( see Holme Fen ) , and soon the level of the canal was above that of the surrounding land . |
| 22 | Because she was an ebullient , high-profile blonde , married for a time to comedian Jim Davidson , she had occasionally to live with some embarrassing publicity . |
| 23 | Depressed and anxious patients who sought refuge from their troubles by taking an overdose remained unconscious for a time but did not die of respiratory failure or asphyxiation , as happened only too readily after an overdose of barbiturate . |
| 24 | A health-cure , they held , may be healthy for a time , but it was always hard to imagine any of them , at any time , with a copy of Joyce 's Finnegans Wake ( 1939 ) in hand . |
| 25 | There is no broadcast equivalent to ‘ popular press ’ , though the term ‘ pop radio , was current for a time in the 1970s . |
| 26 | This opinion can seem persuasive for a time , but we can not persist in it . |
| 27 | If this fails , the carer should leave the room , or take the patient into another room where he will be alone for a time . |
| 28 | Absorbing many of the energies that had been concentrated in Independent Producers , Korda 's London Films was able for a time to resist the drift towards cosiness . |
| 29 | If you have parts of the allotment which can be left uncultivated for a time , try smothering the weed with black plastic sheeting . |
| 30 | Fortunately there are many commercially available products , but when this problem first emerged the only treatment available for a time was with sodium thiosulphate. in the days of black and white photography this was readily available but can now be quite difficult to obtain . |