Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you worked for the Times you 'd have known John . |
| 2 | She longed for the time I 've just got two in my gardeners . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He looked for the time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was , and he remained for the time being , a figure of comic relief . |