Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 2 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 3 | I thought he and you , both of you , had deceived me about your relationship — the way Suzanna and Raich deceived me for a time . |
| 4 | He left her for a time to find prey and brought back a hare from the moorland tops , tearing it up and gently feeding her with parts of it . |
| 5 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |