Example sentences of "have [verb] for [art] [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 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |