Example sentences of "for this time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 This proved to be a blessing , for this time I noticed a piece of fabric , like the backing of a sticking plaster , wedged in the tubing that connected the cylinder to the burner .
2 I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire .
3 The extra detail visible in the monkey 's brain might just be a consequence of it being bigger than the rat 's , but a comparison between the somatosensory cortices of the two animals shows that this is n't so , for this time it is in the rat that the extra detail is visible .
4 Others say no — for this time it is the British and the Americans who are throwing him out .
5 For this time it was an army , no less , ten thousand strong , though its actions were still those of simple border reivers .
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