Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] 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 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 3 | No , this was done a long while ago , |
| 4 | But the real matiness of Ken came a short while later . |
| 5 | Try activating again , or wait a little while before re-activation . |
| 6 | PLEASE WAIT A LITTLE WHILE |
| 7 | However , I would suggest you wait a little while before making your final decision . |
| 8 | Just sit very still and wait a little while . |
| 9 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 10 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 11 | well it was a book that was produced a little while ago you can buy that tape deck off me if you like |
| 12 | Got a wee while to go . |
| 13 | I did work a little while at first with the girl who had the job . |
| 14 | They arrived a little while ago . |
| 15 | It was only sold a short while ago , and the family were hoping to move to this house in Eynsham , but the sale fell through . |
| 16 | She might have to wait a wee while but I think she 'll get on , yes . |
| 17 | Send it to one at a time and be prepared to wait a good while for a reply . |
| 18 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 19 | We 're going to wait a little while . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I — I 'd like to wait a little while , I suppose . ’ |
| 21 | Will you not stay a little while , Miss Abbott ? |
| 22 | ‘ I can stay a little while , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Then : ‘ I 'spose you can stay a short while . |
| 24 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 25 | Right , somebody asked a little while ago parametric and non-parametric stats . |
| 26 | ‘ Out came the most perfect rendering I had ever heard , ’ said Coghill , ‘ except that given a short while before by John Gielgud in his Haymarket Hamlet . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | Well I know a long while ago |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | That kind of package takes a wee while to put together . |