Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 2 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 3 | ‘ You can do nothing to make up for the time that 's been wasted checking for a link between that incident and the murder of Hal MacQuillan . ’ |
| 4 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 5 | The forces of Chaos are driven back for a time and a fragile peace descends on Ulthuan . |