Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said nothing for a time . |
| 2 | Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being . |
| 3 | As for Dawson , he almost ignored it , and me for a time . |
| 4 | I thought he and you , both of you , had deceived me about your relationship — the way Suzanna and Raich deceived me for a time . |
| 5 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 6 | I 've got my er seventeen year old granddaughter staying with me for the time being |
| 7 | Mrs Verity 's expenditure turned out to be far more than she guessed and their decisions were also affected because the bank was overcharging them for a time . |
| 8 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 11 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 12 | 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) ) . |
| 13 | In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again . |
| 14 | These provided work which for a time helped to stop young people leaving the Highlands . |
| 15 | Progress in the 19th century lay in improving refining techniques , in finding new uses ( especially in catalysis and electricity ) and discovering new sources , principally in the Urals — after which for a time the Russians adopted platinum coinage . |
| 16 | At about the same time , given by flags , which for a time went undetected by the 5th Battle Squadron , commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas . |
| 17 | Whether the West 's prerogatives are real , and whether or not they are exercised , the resolution of the territorial controversy has removed the one bone of contention which for a time made the Warsaw Pact a community of shared anxiety . |
| 18 | Two things happened , however , to divert trade unionism from the adoption of that role and to lead it instead into what has been called its revolutionary period , one which for a time made the ownership and control of industries by the people who worked in them its main objective , which sought in short to displace the organisation of industry on the capitalist model by an industrial co-operative commonwealth . |
| 19 | He received honours from Italy , Serbia , Montenegro , and the republic of San Marino , of which for a time he was consul in London . |
| 20 | One by one Europe 's heroes began to climb off the floor and mount a furious offensive which for a time at least threatened to overpower their rivals . |
| 21 | Kite was six under par when he inflicted on Clark the worst defeat in Ryder Cup singles history and in the process handed his side the initiative which for a time seemed it would n't relinquish . |
| 22 | These are the opinions of Lord White , Conservative peer and joint founder of Hanson , which for a time threatened to take over ICI . |
| 23 | For later he also believed that the motor accident and its consequences could have destroyed his morale but for the tranquil worship of the little Oxfordshire village which for the time was his base . |
| 24 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 25 | Eckersley himself for a time worked for Sir Oswald Mosley [ q.v. ] , joining the New Party and involving himself subsequently in commercial broadcasting schemes which interested Mosley also . |
| 26 | INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Surrealism and erotic fantasy are recurring themes in a retrospective on Meret Oppenheim , the German-Swiss artist , who for a time was a model and follower of Man Ray . |
| 27 | But the curious pair who for a time were so well-known simply for being rich vanished from the public eye — towards a tax haven in Jersey . |
| 28 | The genuineness of the Ring of Minos has been questioned by Nilsson , but now that it is lost , allegedly buried somewhere in the garden of Nicolaos Pollakis , the priest of Fortetsa , who for a time shortly after its discovery was its owner , the question will probably never be resolved ( Warren 1982 ) . |
| 29 | At least one senior member , who for a time was delegated the task of convening its meetings , considered the panel to have been of little relevance in the first year or so : because the books were not on the shelves , so there was n't a great need for finding ways of stimulating the use of this material . |
| 30 | When Iskra had to be printed in London Quelch put all the resources of the Twentieth Century Press at the disposal of the Russians , who for a time included Lenin . |