Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden . |
| 2 | There the Millers may have lived for a short while . |
| 3 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 4 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 5 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 6 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 7 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 8 | She clung to the picture of Mrs Rundle at home , for she had been a part of her home and the children had moored for a short while in the black harbour of her lap . |
| 9 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |