Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found it and clung there for a while , then pushed clear and knelt among the waves , head lowered . |
| 2 | We actually got the rigging up and sailed around for a while in twos — I was with my brother and I thought we managed quite well . |
| 3 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 4 | In fact , with your permission , I 'll start now and stop here for a while . |
| 5 | Eliot produced a single page of notes from his pocket which he placed before him on the small table and brooded over for a while ; but when he started , he managed to pack in , during 45 minutes or so , a great deal of sound sense on the subject of drama and especially on the relation of drama to religion . |
| 6 | The young woodlice hatch in this pouch and stay there for a while . |
| 7 | Sometimes he left the food , leaned into the wind and took off for a while , to circle and check that no Men were about . |
| 8 | Let your child suck water up the straw , blow it out and play around for a while . |
| 9 | When anything important happens you 're stunned , and thrown out for a while , and then you recover … |
| 10 | We sat drinking and talking together for a while . |
| 11 | She smiled at me and sat down and remained thoughtfully for a while with her chin resting on her hand . |
| 12 | He retraced his footsteps and stayed around for a while , but it was too cold to linger long . |
| 13 | " I think I 'll just go and lie down for a while . " |
| 14 | Then she went back to her car and sat there for a while . |
| 15 | It was in the third week after Minch had gone that he had first noticed that one of the Men , older than the Keeper , regularly came to the benches that ranged along the path by the Cages , and sat down for a while . |