Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , hold on for a time , I 'll be with you in a minute . |
| 2 | Mr Patten stays on for the time being as party chairman while he and Mr Major consider what should happen . |
| 3 | So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . |
| 4 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 5 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
| 6 | If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed . |
| 7 | There are indications that the mill was turned over for a time for saw milling , and possibly even cider production . |
| 8 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 9 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 10 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 11 | Some exciting advice — relayed by Andrew from a knowing uncle in the City — had jacked it up for a time , before an even bigger hole was left gaping by the failure of that magical investment . |
| 12 | That light rain will soon clear away tomorrow morning and it 'll brighten up for a time . |
| 13 | Peace within the new boundaries allowed Milan to make up for the time lost during the bloody years of Napoleon 's campaigns and the Risorgimento . |
| 14 | So that 's it — we deduct five overs and three runs for the rain interruption , plus another eight overs and four runs to make up for the time it 's taken us to work it out . |
| 15 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 16 | I 'd have taken in lodgers only for the war , but the solicitor advised me just to close the place up for the time being . |
| 17 | ‘ You can do nothing to make up for the time that 's been wasted checking for a link between that incident and the murder of Hal MacQuillan . ’ |
| 18 | Please forgive the shortish letter , but I am trying to catch up for the time I was ill , and have quite a heavy teaching programme . |
| 19 | So it 's I I counted it up for the time I 'm staying . |
| 20 | that makes up for the time you , then doing the |
| 21 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |
| 22 | He was knocked out for a time . |
| 23 | Depends on time you go out for a time |
| 24 | ( There is a lot to be said about the role of other persons too , but I am leaving that out for the time being . ) |
| 25 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 26 | ‘ Given the present and foreseeable state of fishery resources in the Community and the degree to which fishing fleets have so far been restructured , the full-scale liberalisation of the activities of undertakings must be ruled out for the time being … |
| 27 | A boyfriend came with her , rather unkempt , so keep him out for the time being at least . |
| 28 | The only major event of the campaign , the call by Michel Rocard for a political ‘ big bang ’ on the Left to allow the creation of a new , broad based , social democratic party , appears to have fizzled out for the time being . |
| 29 | The forces of Chaos are driven back for a time and a fragile peace descends on Ulthuan . |
| 30 | Erm with a thing like this , I mean what I usually say to people it depends on erm if you 've got a lot of numerical data , oh you might as well have this back for the time being so |