Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Arabic , for example , is ambiguous in respect of whether it is the copy or the itself that Yusuf Bali — who held the kadilik of Bursa for a time in the 840s-wrote ; and , on the evidence of the signature alone , it seems entirely possible that at some point , perhaps during his kadilik , he made a copy of the which Molla Husrev subsequently attested to be a true copy . |
| 2 | The original entries for 995 and 996 may have been lost , and it says nothing of the hostile relations which probably existed with Normandy for a time , and only hints at the troubles in the Irish Sea mentioned above . |
| 3 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 4 | It was , in his own description , the wildest house in Hollywood for a time , until he moved out to set up home with actress Sandra Knight , a slender , auburn-haired girl of striking appearance whom he met in Martin Landau 's acting class . |
| 5 | and the other one , I do n't know whether you knew him , I think he lived in Earlsome for a time did n't he ? |
| 6 | There was a shadow hanging over Bourn for a time and nothing was fun any more . |
| 7 | After the war my father had gone to Canada for a time to try his luck at farming there . |