for the time being

For the time being

The time phrase for the time being is used with the Present continuous and suggests that the action will change soon:

John’s working on a project for the time being.
(He has to present it very soon, he’ll probably not  work on it much longer.)

They’re living with his parents for the time being.
(They’ll probably move into their new house very soon.)

The sun’s shining for the time being.
(There are a lot of clouds and it could stop shining at any time.)

We’re working for the time being.
(We’ll probably stop working very soon.)

I’m listening to music for the time being
(I’ll probably switch off soon, I have a meeting in a few minutes.)

We’re working for the time being.
(We don’t expect to work much longer.)

 

We have more articles about the Present Continuous/ Present progressive: there is an  introduction to the present Continuous which shows how to form the verb form , there is also one that shows how we use the present continuous for the future. Other things to consider are how the present continuous is used for temporary situations and which verbs are considered non continuous verbs although some of these  have different meanings in the continuous and non continuous

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