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 . |