Example sentences of "[verb] for a time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pull up and watch for a time but typically the bird does not re-appear . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She also pursued a political career , acted for a time as secretary to ( Viscountess ) Nancy Astor [ q.v. ] , and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent parliamentary candidate for Brentford and Chiswick in 1918 , 1922 , and 1923 . |
| 4 | The use of Masai in broadcasts should be introduced for a time but should not , he said , become ‘ a permanent privilege ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |