Example sentences of "and for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Australia , all launching is done this way , and for a time it was common in the U.S.A. The disadvantages , however , of the low tow position are as follows . |
| 2 | His death quite literally shattered the Prince and for a time he lost all sense of purpose . |
| 3 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ By this time , I 'd become the President of MainMan and for a time was Ton 's right hand man running errands for him . |
| 4 | The general thought he could do better , and for a time considered launching his own party . |
| 5 | Abbey Mill ( c1600 ) consisted of no less than four mills , forming a single range across the Mill Avon , and for a time following this , there were five , although the latter was fairly short-lived . |
| 6 | In 1866 , after the Prussian victory over Austria , French public opinion clamoured for war against Prussia and for a time even the Emperor appeared to hesitate . |
| 7 | Nicholson saw them around Sunset Strip and for a time they were joined by Elvis Presley , who had seen Rebel Without a Cause forty-four times and could speak Dean 's lines word perfect . |
| 8 | It destroyed him and for a time he was engulfed by a deep chasm of despair , drinking heavily , taking amphetamines and LSD — and he was in his sixteenth year of smoking marijuana . |
| 9 | The inspiration of Alexander is apparent in the portraits of Pompey , the most powerful Roman of his day , and for a time the effective ruler of the eastern Mediterranean . |
| 10 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 11 | He chose to do nothing , and for a time remained in a distant castle as a virtual prisoner of conscience . |
| 12 | Oil shale was also called ‘ boghead coal ’ , and for a time Scotland supplied ninety per cent of the world 's shale oil output . |
| 13 | Coleman got his fees and salary from the College , a daily retainer from the army , and for a time money from the sale of drugs provided for the College and the army . |
| 14 | The only other event at Huntingdon that I recall with any clarity was when I had my first ever flight in an aircraft — and for a time I was quite determined that it was going to be my last . |
| 15 | Gowing goes on to indicate the health hazard arising from the intense alpha activity of polonium at the Windscale site : ‘ Alpha handling procedures had to be greatly upgraded to deal with polonium , and for a time everyone had to work with respirators … |
| 16 | ‘ The transfer talk did get to me , I admit , and for a time I did n't know whether I was going or coming . |
| 17 | Fabric boots then multiplied , and for a time they looked like sleeping the market , but their disadvantages in poor conditions did not offset their greater comfort in good ones , and some substantial improvement in waterproofing was needed before this could take place . |
| 18 | Unable to get his life and work in gear , Chris Penn changed his name and for a time worked on a building site before earning good money being beaten black and blue as a prize fighter . |
| 19 | I and my sisters visited her there when we could , she was always ready to join one in what she called ‘ a dry mart ’ before lunch or in the evening , and for a time seemed content enough . |
| 20 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 21 | This aircraft was fitted with only two upper wing fuel tanks , and for a time was used on test flights with four-bladed propellers which , instead of the usual right angles , had angles of 80° and 100° . |
| 22 | Its return to Rome towards the end of the fourteenth century resulted in a schism with two , and for a time three , rivals for the papacy . |
| 23 | Courses at the London School of Economics , which became social anthropology 's chief centre in Great Britain ( and for a time in the world ) , began with the appointment in 1910 of C. G. Seligman . |
| 24 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 25 | Gower , in at No. 5 , was left 18 not out , and for a time it seemed that the match had been swung . |
| 26 | A good family resort , Cisternino was once the domain of monks and bishops and for a time came under the rule of the Venetian doges . |
| 27 | Phil , a 17-year-old currently in borstal for a cheque book fraud , and for a time one of the most respected ‘ hard men ’ of the London Road End , had these comments to make about his role as an aggro leader : |
| 28 | Their emergence in the mid 14605 had alienated Clarence and Warwick , and for a time , in 1469–70 , hostility to the family had become a political issue . |
| 29 | This kingdom spread itself over Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde and for a time seems to have included Orkney . |
| 30 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |