Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for the time be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 2 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 3 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 4 | If you do exercise one for the time being do n't worry about that one , exercise three . |
| 5 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 6 | Ever since John Marshall , its first chief justice , discovered that the court had the ability to overturn legislation that did not accord with the constitution , it has been indispensable in bolstering the central tenet of American democracy : that no grant of governmental power to those who exercise it for the time being is limitless . |
| 7 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , let's forget it for the time being . |
| 9 | ‘ As a pledge of my sincerity in the matter of the crowning of Prince Richard , I leave it for the time being with you . |
| 10 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 11 | Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being . |