Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for time " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 2 | 1792 It being Represented to this Meeting that their is unlawful combinations and Meetings held by the Weavers in the Island , particularly in the Parish of Kilchoman , for the purpose of shortening or cutting off the usual measure called the Islay Ell , which has for time Immemorial been the Standard Measure given by the Weavers with every Species of their Manufacture , and for reducing the measure to the English yard , and for continueing the prices for the English yard as high as that for the Islay Ell |
| 3 | The delay was with the approval of District Council at the request of the developer , who asked for time to consider if Hill could be improved . |
| 4 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 5 | The example here is for a self-employed professional who charges for time spent on a number of projects and at a variety of rates . |
| 6 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 7 | Because we , we had this when , when we carried out a political fund ballot erm and we asked for time off for stewards to go and talk to members and we asked for time off for a seminar , for a one day seminar . |
| 8 | We wait for time to test Constance Cumbey 's prophecy that the New Age is the herald of the Antichrist . |
| 9 | ‘ How are we doin' for time ? ’ |
| 10 | How 're we doing for time ? |
| 11 | How 're we doing for time ? |
| 12 | What are we doing for time now , are we er on track , ahead of |
| 13 | How we doing for time ? |
| 14 | See how we go for time . |
| 15 | She found herself playing for time . |
| 16 | He demurred , he asked for time to think , to consult his wife , to put the proposal to his daughter . |
| 17 | He asked for time to consider , but this was brushed aside and Nu , willy-nilly , became MP for Mergui , a place he had never previously visited . |
| 18 | He played for time . |
| 19 | In short , he pleaded for time . |