Example sentences of "be [adj] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone might , anyone could , anyone would be welcome for a time or half a time . |
| 2 | He said it would be hard for a time . ’ |
| 3 | A health-cure , they held , may be healthy for a time , but it was always hard to imagine any of them , at any time , with a copy of Joyce 's Finnegans Wake ( 1939 ) in hand . |
| 4 | If this fails , the carer should leave the room , or take the patient into another room where he will be alone for a time . |
| 5 | In the process of treating chronic disease , the patient often experiences a recurrence of old symptoms , and this can be distressing for a time . |