Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought that he lost his hold on sanity for a time then ; he knew , later , that the black despair and the agony of loneliness had closed about him fully , and for an unmeasurable time while his reason spun wildly out of control . |
| 2 | But er it would cause chaos for a time |
| 3 | To be fair , these materials performed a useful function for a time in the propellers of Spitfires and similar aircraft . |
| 4 | It filled you , with glory for a time , but the glory soon departed and then it left upon your spirit , oh , the most appalling ravages . |
| 5 | J. had been with the now famous 617 Squadron for a time , and in talking about this he was able to furnish me with details of an incident which I had vaguely heard of while I was at Bourn . |
| 6 | Himself an illegitimate son of Mary 's father , James V , and a collaborator in the murder of Darnley , Moray held on to his captive for a time in that Loch Leven castle where the queen had also been imprisoned . |
| 7 | Before 1781 it had consisted of only eight houses , but in that year the Strutts — who had gone into partnership for a time with the then-needy Arkwright — built the large cotton mill that still stands there . |
| 8 | It played on his mind for a time and eventually he had to work out a kind of therapy to get her out of his brain . |
| 9 | COUNTY councillor David Clark warned of significant changes to bus services affecting Liss residents at the parish council annual general meeting last week , saying that there was bound to be some confusion for a time . |
| 10 | Nothing happened with the turbine , but the V8 got as far as running in prototype form in the James Bond Esprit , which Rudd used as his personal car for a time . |
| 11 | Despite the entry for a time of media conglomerates such as the Mirror Group and Thomsons into the West African press , I think it is still fair to say that the primary motivation for producing a newspaper in Nigeria is political rather than commercial . |
| 12 | The improvement in medical knowledge and other changes of recent times made marriage a more stable institution for a time than it was in the Middle Ages . |
| 13 | Yet Brandt , born illegitimate , exiled under the Nazis , who had even become a Norwegian citizen for a time after the war , had come through many trials . |
| 14 | I am sure that if we could have met , all estrangement would have vanished instantly ; but , having to rely on the written word ( and that in the cramped space of air-letters which took so long to come and go ) , and missing expression of face and tone of voice , to which we were both very sensitive , we kept up our guard for a time . |
| 15 | They included , roughly speaking , the earth 's London face being away from the sun for a time , the absence of any light source like that of the sun , in the right place at the right time , and conditions having to do with the behaviour of light . |
| 16 | I decided to take a lot of the fruit , and to put it to dry in the sun for a time . |
| 17 | Berwick was well placed to withstand siege for a time ; but two score thousand people take a deal of feeding , and provisions began to grow short despite severe rationing . |
| 18 | He went to Gouesnou during a recent visit to meet friends who helped him to evade capture for a time . |
| 19 | This might have shored up the dollar for a time had the US balance of payments improved as expected . |
| 20 | The son of a working-class family , Doisneau developed an early interest in art and was apprenticed as an engraver for a time before he ‘ escaped ’ to work for the sculptor and photographer , Andre Vigneau . |
| 21 | It 's good to get out of the atmosphere of a Home for a time . ’ |
| 22 | Your child has just appeared at a Children 's Hearing and the members of the Panel have decided that your child should be placed on supervision to a social worker and that he/she should live away from home for a time . |
| 23 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
| 24 | We know that Wilson married , for his wife Mary helped him and continued the business for a time after his death , but nothing is known of her origins or ultimate fate . |
| 25 | Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent for a time , so that you may devote yourselves to prayer . |
| 26 | Perhaps as a result , he lived in some poverty for a time in old age , though he was eventually rescued by his friends . |
| 27 | He returned to the quayside , content for a time to walk up and down , allowing his thoughts to marshal themselves . |
| 28 | Due to participate in the Shepway Airshow , held on the seafront at Folkestone , the P–38 is reported to have belly-landed at Lydd , blocking the main runway for a time , until the aircraft was lifted up , the undercarriage released , and it was towed into a hangar for the night . |
| 29 | Well , I suppose you 'd say that Elise and I had a very close relationship for a time . ’ |
| 30 | The solenoid valve should operate and water issue from the hosepipe for a time set by control VR2 . |