Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [prep] a while " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
2 | It seemed she 'd have to stay here for a while . |
3 | ‘ I 'll have to stay here for a while on business , ’ my friend the captain told me . |
4 | ‘ We 'll turn you in , arrange police protection , perhaps the family 'll have to move away for a while , but — ‘ |
5 | Marie 's parents had strong religious views that made her feel very guilty about having sex in their home when she and her husband had to live there for a while : " We did it on the bedroom floor on the wedding night because I would n't use the bed , in case it made a noise . |
6 | Yes , Devlin had worked there for a while , but he 'd left three days ago . |
7 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |
8 | The sex had drifted away after a while , and Jay did n't mind ; not in that end-of-the-world Astrid way . |
9 | ‘ He 's gone away for a while . ’ |