Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereby the whole church family , broke up into groups for a period of education , and then came together for a time of celebration and worship . |
| 2 | Besides these major product innovations , the eurobond market has seen a plethora of subsidiary innovations , many of which have been one off or flourished only for a time . |
| 3 | Yes , she worked here for a time . ’ |
| 4 | William Barnes , a distant Stanhope cousin , lived here for a time , but for most of its life it has been a farmhouse , which it remains . |
| 5 | Franz Kafka lived here for a time . |
| 6 | In time to come , will someone else walk these halls and remember the Wolfqueen who lived here for a time , but who brought the Cruithin out of hiding , and drove Medoc from the Bright Palace ? |
| 7 | He struck out at them and soared upwards and they fell away for a time . |
| 8 | Noguchi tried in vain to construct an earthwork sculpture at a Japanese-American internment camp where he lived voluntarily for a time during World War II . |
| 9 | Certainly there would have been no satisfaction in such behaviour if the would-be escaper had not for a time at any rate believed in himself |
| 10 | He crouched still for a time after that , for there was no haste , and now that it was time he found himself afraid ; there might be something to lose there , as well as something to find . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He stood there for a time , head bowed and in the end , simply said no . |