Example sentences of "[vb past] for the time " in BNC.

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1 This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel .
2 The panic receded for the time being .
3 ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John .
4 Julian Barnes ( pictured left ) was then on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement , and Martin Amis worked for the Times Literary Supplement .
5 He looked for the time .
6 In spite of the war , trolleybus conversions continued for the time being in other parts of London , but did not affect the Croydon area directly .
7 She longed for the time I 've just got two in my gardeners .
8 The ‘ special areas ’ legislation of the prewar national coalition government stemmed partly from a series of unsigned articles — ‘ Places without a Future ’ — which he wrote for The Times in 1934 .
9 Compassion for Antoinette Gebrec had for the time being taken her mind off her own disillusionment .
10 The municipal coat of arms and fleet numbers remained for the time being .
11 He was , and he remained for the time being , a figure of comic relief .
12 made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being
13 Encouraged by a major project entitled ‘ Wien in Berlin ’ , abandoned for the time being , Thomas Schulter and the Austrian Helmut Federle have agreed to stage an exhibition of paintings and drawings in August , with works by Sol Le Witt completing the show .
14 Neither the Conservatives nor Labour , therefore , had a chance of retaining or obtaining office unless they abandoned for the time being the principal position which they fought the election to obtain .
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