Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 2 | Whether in London , Abu Dhabi or Al Ain , in a hotel or in the desert I searched for times of quiet as a starving man searches for food . |
| 3 | The delay was with the approval of District Council at the request of the developer , who asked for time to consider if Hill could be improved . |
| 4 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 5 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 6 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 7 | He demurred , he asked for time to think , to consult his wife , to put the proposal to his daughter . |
| 8 | He asked for time to consider , but this was brushed aside and Nu , willy-nilly , became MP for Mergui , a place he had never previously visited . |
| 9 | He played for time . |
| 10 | In short , he pleaded for time . |