Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Dawson , he almost ignored it , and me for a time . |
| 2 | I thought he and you , both of you , had deceived me about your relationship — the way Suzanna and Raich deceived me for a time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've got my er seventeen year old granddaughter staying with me for the time being |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 9 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 10 | 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) ) . |
| 11 | Formula feeds without lactose are available , and your doctor may be able to prescribe one for you for a time , if your baby has had gastroenteritis and continues to have colic or diarrhoea afterwards . |
| 12 | Now , you worked for the erm the tenants ' action group , did n't you for a time ? |
| 13 | I wo n't be in touch with you for a time and I do n't want you starting a panic . ’ |
| 14 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 15 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 16 | They 're more likely to leave George 's reins to you for the time being . |
| 17 | Okay , Carol , thank you for the time you 've given to us to see it . |
| 18 | But if you wanted a single bed moving , then the cheapest way would be just to have one man , he comes we charge you for the time we take , with a minimum of an hour 's charge . |
| 19 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 20 | Later , Baxter 's father and step-mother also came to live with him for a time . |
| 21 | Later , Baxter 's father and step-mother also came to live with him for a time . |
| 22 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course I was on the same squadron as him for a time . ’ |
| 24 | Not the clankings and gratings of the Zoo which lay off in the distance to his right , now obscured by the trees over which he had flown in the night , but the call of a thousand birds whose busyness and life shook his fears off him for a time and replaced them with a sense of wonder . |
| 25 | John Aubrey [ q.v. ] may have lodged with him for a time . |
| 26 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 27 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 28 | He left her for a time to find prey and brought back a hare from the moorland tops , tearing it up and gently feeding her with parts of it . |
| 29 | Artegall remains with her for a time and restores order : |
| 30 | But if cheating is necessary , you can commonly get away with it for a time . |