Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for the time " in BNC.

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1 This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel .
2 The panic receded for the time being .
3 If it takes an hour and five minutes , we charge an hour and a quarter to get for the time to get back .
4 This is useful practise to prepare for the time when you allow the dog off the leash for the first time , and call it back to you .
5 A general reference to the state of the partners ' capital accounts for the time being to establish both the quantum of the firm 's capital and its members ' shares therein may be substituted , with the important caveat , mentioned below , that poor accounting practices may serve to confuse the matter .
6 The problem of bridging the gap between early experience and later personality has for the time being been shelved , and questions are being asked instead about what is indeed the logically prior problem : whether and in what way infants of various ages are affected by specified environmental happenings .
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