Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A CELEBRATION of Mass or a service of the Word ? — the choice will sometimes present itself when our speaker 's witness calls for time and flexibility for a worthwhile presentation . |
| 2 | but I 'm a bit pushed for time |
| 3 | Throughout the winter of 1915–16 , Law played for time and stalled demands for a meeting of the Central Council , while Unionist ministers pressed the party case in cabinet . |
| 4 | Emergency Communist party congress makes radical break with the past East German leader pleads for time to reform state . |
| 5 | Perhaps in a deliberate attempt to reassert his authority by disconcerting all the interested parties , or simply following his instinct to play for time , Franco resorted to his old tactic of duplicity . |
| 6 | These two elements of temporal symbolism , the object standing for time and time controlling what the object stands for , come together in the realm of fashion . |
| 7 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 8 | Cancer victim fights for time |