Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] for 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 | ‘ He 's gone away for a while . ’ |