Example sentences of "[v-ing] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even these unpretentious , non-vintage champagnes benefit from keeping for a time ; the great champagnes repay keeping for years and years . |
| 2 | Continue the walk as normal , pausing for a time at the spot and call the dog back to you , rather than trying to pursue it . |
| 3 | The absence of any letters between them from mid July until October suggests that they deliberately refrained from regular letter writing for a time . |
| 4 | In between minor television roles , in series like ‘ Divorce Court ’ , Jack took to practising script writing for a time , while waiting for work . |
| 5 | So deep was the division on the " entrist tactic " that the unified body reached the compromise of working within the Labour Party for a period and then withdrawing for a time and continuing independent activity . |
| 6 | Another ceasefire brokered by the European Communities ( EC ) appeared to be holding for a time , as the Hague peace conference continued its efforts to find long-term solutions to the conflict , but the truce collapsed in early October . |
| 7 | He returned to Germany for good in 1857 , moving for a time to Berlin to be near Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia ( ‘ Fritz ’ and ‘ Vicky ’ ) . |
| 8 | He was reliever to feel a slight tug as the parachute eventually opened ; it was bitter cold but fortunately he was being blown away from the capital 's fires , and after drifting for a time , hit the ground ‘ like a wet sack ’ . |
| 9 | Christopher and I then returned to the fringes of power , having for a time been drawn perilously close to the centre . ’ |
| 10 | But the reunion almost ended as soon as it started , for after chatting for a time and parting , Betty realised they had not exchanged phone numbers . |
| 11 | He read some of the German books , soothed by her solicitude and fancying for a time that he really was being impregnated with ideas about the Wall . |
| 12 | ‘ I told him — my husband had a hard job , he was n't working for a time . |
| 13 | In September 1953 Curran became the BBC 's first internally selected administrative trainee , visiting or working for a time in different departments of the BBC in and out of London and assisting in the preparation of the BBC 's first personnel manual . |