Example sentences of "[pron] for the time being " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've got my er seventeen year old granddaughter staying with me for the time being |
| 4 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 7 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 8 | 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) ) . |
| 9 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 10 | They 're more likely to leave George 's reins to you for the time being . |
| 11 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 12 | When Mussolini took over in Italy , Anna decided that it was her duty to make her protest on Italian soil as an Italian citizen ( a not too vulnerable one for the time being , but she tried her best ) . |
| 13 | If you do exercise one for the time being do n't worry about that one , exercise three . |
| 14 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , let's forget it for the time being . |
| 16 | ‘ As a pledge of my sincerity in the matter of the crowning of Prince Richard , I leave it for the time being with you . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 19 | I 'll second it for the time being . |
| 20 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 21 | Jane had come to us for the time being . |
| 22 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 23 | You may be with us unwillingly , but you are certainly with us for the time being . ’ |