Example sentences of "[adj] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had a snuff of that then I was n't right for a while . |
| 2 | It was Marriott who suggested that Stirling should make himself scarce for a while and recommended him to Brigadier Denys Reid . |
| 3 | ‘ I was upset for a while , but I do n't seem to care any more . |
| 4 | He wondered whether he 'd been asleep for a while , or just deep in thought . |
| 5 | It is believed Oki will lie low for a while then pick another chip and start the process over again . |
| 6 | You lie low for a while , and you disperse a handful of coins , singly , perhaps not to the best advantage , but still it 's all clear profit . |
| 7 | Some preferred to lie low for a while . |
| 8 | ‘ So I thought it best to lie low for a while ; keep the nose clean by cutting out the rowdies . |
| 9 | ‘ I intend hanging on to junior for a while longer yet , but I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 10 | The vet gave him a strong dose of painkiller , and after waiting in vain for a while to see if the pain eased , she decided to pop back into town to fetch an x-ray machine . |
| 11 | I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital . |
| 12 | Sitting there , I think about that for a while , then I decide to bring all my plants in and stick them round the bed . |
| 13 | ‘ Have n't seen the like of that for a while then , have we ? ’ said Gloria . |
| 14 | She would remain like that for a while , lost in her own little world , completely unaware of his presence . |
| 15 | They lay like that for a while , not saying a word . |
| 16 | Think about that for a while . |
| 17 | If you have an ordinary video recorder which does not have ‘ backspace ’ or ‘ fine edit ’ , you will probably have noticed , when changing from one recording to the next , that for a while the picture is spoilt by various forms of disturbance that take several seconds to clear . |
| 18 | Have n't heard anything about that for a while . |
| 19 | " Yes , " she said finally , " I suppose marriage is another way , but I do n't want to think about that for a while . " |
| 20 | Topaz thought about that for a while . |
| 21 | I spat into my fingers and used them , then found his foreskin was loose enough to be rolled back and forth over the head , and did that for a while . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't want another experience like that for a while , I can promise you ! ’ |
| 23 | It goes a bit weird so we 'll leave that for a while let's have a look at erm what happens when we 're doing times . |
| 24 | And do that for a while as well as some , some voluntary work . |
| 25 | Even Picasso and Braque , who shared their discoveries so intimately that for a while they came to share a common vision , looked , it will be seen , at Cézanne in different ways . |
| 26 | We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her . |
| 27 | Oh we have n't read that for a while cos you read them to yourself now do n't you ? |
| 28 | well he did that for a while |
| 29 | and I have n't seen that for a while |
| 30 | We did have that for a while , and we remember with pride , how the country was rebuilt and our health service was the envy of the world . |