Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 3 | So for the time of the visit there was a truce . |
| 4 | Whereby the whole church family , broke up into groups for a period of education , and then came together for a time of celebration and worship . |
| 5 | The partners also made a name for themselves in modifying , improving , and building printing machinery , especially for The Times from 1818 . |
| 6 | Thus for a time after 1905 alien influence in Northeast Asia became a less immediate question . |
| 7 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 8 | Certainly there would have been no satisfaction in such behaviour if the would-be escaper had not for a time at any rate believed in himself |
| 9 | He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | catching on reasonably well for the time of the year ? |
| 12 | I had once found two names scratched on one of the window-panes , ‘ perhaps two soldiers billeted here for a time at the beginning of the 1914 War … ’ ( or perhaps soldiers in hiding at the time of the Reformation ? ) |
| 13 | The recent match against England saw our pack provide plenty of good possession until England got their act together — and even for a time after that . |
| 14 | Three of the four students not looking for employment and without plans to continue their studies would be travelling overseas for a time before commencing job search . |
| 15 | In 1774–80 for every British seaman who lost his life in battle , fifteen died of disease , while in 1779 Britain was preserved from invasion partly by the scurvy which swept the French and Spanish squadrons then for a time in control of the Channel . |
| 16 | Young Philip was employed there for a time before going abroad , taking over during his father 's trips into the country where some landowners Sought his practical advice , particularly with regard to establishing plantations of hitherto unknown trees from abroad . |
| 17 | The enemy artillery had opened up , lobbing heated roundshot on to the ice , smashing it into a multitude of floes , upon which men perched perilously for a time before toppling off into the lake . |
| 18 | Noguchi tried in vain to construct an earthwork sculpture at a Japanese-American internment camp where he lived voluntarily for a time during World War II . |