Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said nothing for a time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mm do you have to take them off every time you wash it ? |
| 4 | As for Dawson , he almost ignored it , and me for a time . |
| 5 | I thought he and you , both of you , had deceived me about your relationship — the way Suzanna and Raich deceived me for a time . |
| 6 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 7 | I 've got my er seventeen year old granddaughter staying with me for the time being |
| 8 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |
| 9 | Mrs Verity 's expenditure turned out to be far more than she guessed and their decisions were also affected because the bank was overcharging them for a time . |
| 10 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 11 | The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances . |
| 12 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 13 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 14 | the general administration of the trust is ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom ; and 2. the trustees or a majority of them for the time being are not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom ( TCGA 1992 , s69(1) ) . |
| 15 | So she puts a dress on , when she feels well enough , and I go and look and she talks to me about the times she wore it before . |
| 16 | I remember my uncle Tommy Hauxwell , who came to live with us to manage the farm after Father died , telling me about the time Great-Grandad bought a big flock of geese over in Stainmore , which is more than six miles away over the moors . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , no , she 's going to tell me about the time when she arrived at King ‘ s Cross station , pregnant , with a wage-packet in her pocket and no home . ’ |
| 18 | You come down here and tell me about the time you went to the Abacos . ’ |
| 19 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |
| 20 | In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again . |
| 21 | You 're so , so … there 'd be someone in no time . ’ |
| 22 | It 's not known with any degree of certainty , erm , there was some indication by someone writing at the end of the last century , that it was written by someone in the time of the Queen Elizabeth , hence , perhaps it was God Save The Queen . |
| 23 | We find ourselves in no time back in the square where she lives . |
| 24 | I at no time , erm until after the incident , knew that . |
| 25 | As he later admitted in an interview with CA Magazine , ‘ I said to someone at the time , I never again want to conduct a debate lasting three years without once being able to raise my voice ’ . |
| 26 | And the thing is , by the time I by the time I chased her I was so I do n't know , do n't even know where the photo is now . |
| 27 | We judge ourselves by the time from call-out to getting the problem fixed which is an average of 63 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 28 | But I was thinking , looking at them — ’ he gestured towards the tourists — ‘ seeing them in a group , it reminded me of a time in cadet school . |
| 29 | Agnes nodded and smiled at her ; then , as Nan came behind the counter , she whispered to her , ‘ His lordship has reminded me of the time . |
| 30 | After all that , one of the arms fell off recently , reminding me of the time the same thing happened during a recording of Give Us A Clue . |