Example sentences of "[pers pn] for the time being " 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 | They 're more likely to leave George 's reins to you for the time being . |
| 9 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 10 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , let's forget it for the time being . |
| 12 | ‘ As a pledge of my sincerity in the matter of the crowning of Prince Richard , I leave it for the time being with you . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 15 | I 'll second it for the time being . |
| 16 | Jane had come to us for the time being . |
| 17 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 18 | You may be with us unwillingly , but you are certainly with us for the time being . ’ |