Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of Masai in broadcasts should be introduced for a time but should not , he said , become ‘ a permanent privilege ’ . |
| 2 | He had been stationed for a time in a war hospital , once a lunatic asylum . |
| 3 | During my first year as a prisoner some of us were moved for a time from Silesia to a camp in the Polish corridor . |
| 4 | Presumably it saw service for iron working at some time , although in later life it was used for corn grinding , saw milling , as well as being operated for a time as a maltings . |
| 5 | An engineer designing a horseless carriage is not obliged to retain structural features that existed solely to adapt the carriage to the horse ( although , in fact , such primitive features were retained for a time ) . |
| 6 | History , Sociology , Philosophy and Psychology were enshrined for a time . |
| 7 | One or two , their horses killed under them , were held for a time unable to fall , and others slithered into the river , its shore by now churned into slime , and drowned there in their harness . |
| 8 | The study of some group of tendencies is isolated by the assumption other things being equal : the existence of other tendencies is not denied , but their disturbing effect is neglected for a time . |
| 9 | The convoy was halted for a time by protesters at Dalreoch , on the Dumbarton-Helensburgh road , again at Helensburgh and on the third occasion at the protest camp at the gates to the base . |
| 10 | Elsewhere in the country , one polling station in the south was occupied for a time by Khmer Rouge troops , who eventually stole a UN car and left . |
| 11 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |
| 12 | During the 1890s , Millbottom was run for a time in conjunction with Days Mill . |
| 13 | A night-time curfew was imposed throughout the country on Oct. 2 ; this was extended for a time to 24 hours on Oct. 5 when it appeared that the rebels had reached the capital . |
| 14 | Guatemala has relied heavily on external aid , especially from the United States , though this was suspended for a time under the Carter administration because of Guatemala 's human rights record . |