Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a short while " in BNC.

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1 We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk .
2 I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ .
3 Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ?
4 That it was erected , operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true .
5 Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while .
6 Fellow Hurricane PZ865 was grounded for a short while at Coningsby , while the Flight made every effort to meet their appearance commitments .
7 Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him .
8 My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic .
9 The effect of the premedication did help Mr Reynolds to relax for a short while prior to going to theatre .
10 After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 .
11 At one school I attended for a short while , very much for ‘ young ladies ’ , the headmistress descended unexpectedly on a class , with a visitor , and found it in uproar .
12 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 .
13 There the Millers may have lived for a short while .
14 Butterflies spend a lot of their time sucking nectar from flowers , but occasionally you will see one settle for a short while on a leaf or stem , then fly away .
15 But you 've only been skiing for a short while .
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