Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 've got my er seventeen year old granddaughter staying with me for the time being |
| 3 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 6 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 7 | 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) ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | You come down here and tell me about the time you went to the Abacos . ’ |
| 11 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | That reminds me of the time a group of schoolgirls wrote to the newsroom to say they liked to swim off the Gower in the middle of winter . |
| 16 | It reminds me of the time I went to a school in Clevedon to interview one of the masters , David Bryant , who was the greatest bowls player in the world and a star in his own right . |
| 17 | That reminds me of the time at our branch they 're doing a visit , and they did n't come down my isle , and they started to walk out , so I said excuse me , have you come to look at my department or not ? |
| 18 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 19 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 20 | They 're more likely to leave George 's reins to you for the time being . |
| 21 | Okay , Carol , thank you for the time you 've given to us to see it . |
| 22 | But if you wanted a single bed moving , then the cheapest way would be just to have one man , he comes we charge you for the time we take , with a minimum of an hour 's charge . |
| 23 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 24 | Did I ever tell you about the time I was thrown into a lake up in the — ’ |
| 25 | Did I ever tell you about the time in the Persian Empire when- ’ |
| 26 | Now let's keep reminding you about the time situation , sixty five minutes gone , Shrewsbury have another twenty five minutes in which to hang on here , it 's Shrewsbury three , Blackburn Rovers two , it 's gon na be a nervous evening here for the normally placid Shropshire folk at as that ball is headed forward by and here 's , again in field to , clipped forward for Mike , here comes advancing towards the edge of the penalty area , he 's got ta try and get past the brick wall of , and it 's now who tries to release down the right hand side , he 's got ta get past , he does so , he gets the ball across and that one is cleared importantly by only as far as who tries to hook it back in and that the ball would n't reach him and it would n't reach either and it 's gone out for a goal kick to Shrewsbury . |
| 27 | She rang erm a le , did she tell so , did , mum tell you about the time she had erm some calls about two in the morning ? |
| 28 | ‘ Keep it to remind you of the time when Eddie 's little sister was n't good enough for you ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I am strength and power and light and speed , Taliesin , ’ he said , ‘ but even I can not protect you from the Time Fire . |
| 30 | What size was she at the time of change ? |