Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for a time " in BNC.
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1 | A quick , sharp beverage that hits you in the throat and then in the guts ; that changes , perhaps only for a time , your way of seeing the world ? |
2 | She came back to the north with him after that and they lived together again for a time . |
3 | But ( as medieval quacks knew ) more easily for a time , with the patient bled of his humours . |
4 | And , since the casualty list of the Westland Affair , there have been signs that the Thatcher Cabinet may function more collectively for a time at least . |
5 | The Falklands obliged Mrs Thatcher to behave more collectively for a time , as did the unexpectedly hostile reaction across the political spectrum to her handling of the trade-union issue at GCHQ , where policy-making by cabal truly backfired . |
6 | Now I want you to promise , as soon as I go , when you get that money , you 'll take it and the child and go off somewhere abroad for a time . |
7 | At a time when only the Northumbrians , and then only for a time in the reign of Eadberht ( 737–58 ) , minted coins of pure silver , southern England experienced a decline in the quality of its sceattas . |
8 | It did quite well for a time . ’ |
9 | She 'd go again then for a time , perhaps three or four months . |
10 | ‘ He 'll drag her round everywhere for a time , ’ said Beuno , ‘ and then he 'll get sick of her , or find some other girl who takes his fancy . |
11 | On the other hand , order out of chaos and the rebirth of a defeated nation were admirable reasons for being attracted to Fascism , yet they were n't the real ones in her case , and even if Hitler had mesmerised her very conclusively for a time , she was older and wiser now and able to revise her view of a man who could change his principles so casually in the light of expediency . |