Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a little while " in BNC.
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| 1 | and what we 've got to do is er er as I said to Ed a little while ago , I mentioned a little while ago , we need to gather the other thin section |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been on 10 or 11 tours in my career and it 's time that I spent a little while with my family . |
| 3 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 4 | However , I would suggest you wait a little while before making your final decision . |
| 5 | ‘ As you know a little while ago there were discussions between this Office and Stephenson Harwood [ the applicant 's former solicitors ] about a proposed interview to be conducted under the terms of section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and I promised to provide further details to them of our proposed course of action which is now given to you instead of them : ( 1 ) This Office intends to hold an interview with you under section 2 on Thursday , 13 June 1991 . |
| 6 | You mention a little while ago . |
| 7 | Lunch might have been an unqualified disaster , she reflected a little while later , but dinner was proving less of an ordeal than anticipated . |
| 8 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 9 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 10 | They arrived a little while ago . |
| 11 | They went a little while ago , apart from that they never came on this end |
| 12 | ‘ Enjoy that , did you ? ’ he drawled a little while later , reappearing with a plate piled high with soft sponge and cream and two glasses that overflowed with bubbling champagne . |
| 13 | Sometimes it takes a little while to realize you really have lost interest in something , I said to him . |
| 14 | It takes a little while for an author to realize that his book has been a complete failure . |
| 15 | Ultimately one admires its naturalness , its ability simply to relay the balance and range that Rattle has fashioned from the podium ( or so it seems ) , but it takes a little while . |
| 16 | Cos the thing is as well , I might be inclined to get a two anyway , because she wants it to last a little while do n't she ? |
| 17 | he 's , he died a little while ago . |
| 18 | It took a little while to dispose of the competition . |
| 19 | Again it took a little while for them to calm down and when they had , Bartlemas , with mock solemnity , handed the envelope to Jacqui . |
| 20 | His proud father , also called Thomas , said today : ‘ It took a little while for us to realise what he had done . |