Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go away somewhere for a while . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is seeking to increase the audience , or perhaps it was lead astray for a while by the fact that , during the Conservative leadership contest , the exciting politics at Westminster were not in the Chamber . |
| 3 | It extended a few of its probes , which swung around slowly for a while and then pointed towards the going-up jet . |
| 4 | The effect of having a baby had also put some of them off sex altogether for a while , which is something that also happens to older mothers . |
| 5 | Try cutting it out altogether for a while , or at least giving it up during the week and reducing your weekend consumption . |
| 6 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 7 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 8 | ‘ Yeah , it 's a collection of tunes that I 've been working on for a while . |
| 9 | In April 1990 an all-out battle between Bègles and Montferrand raged on for a while before the referee could stop the slaughter . |
| 10 | I struggled on for a while , but I know my limitations when it comes to design , especially as we have grown to expect a high standard in QP . |
| 11 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 12 | This is quite often the cause of the ‘ 1701 — hard disk error ’ reported during Power On Self Test when the drive is cold which miraculously seems to cure itself when the system has been on for a while and the drive has warmed up ’ . |
| 13 | Fergus drove on for a while . |
| 14 | The Shah said that he was staying on for a while , not flying immediately either to the States back to Egypt . |
| 15 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 16 | Erm , that carried on for a while , I thought I was doing very very well , being able to do a job like that . |
| 17 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 18 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 19 | Staying on for a while |
| 20 | Time to move on for a while , bur where ? |
| 21 | The reminders of the V-Force will live on for a while yet until the Victors are retired so perhaps we will see more of this not unimpressive aircraft in 1993 . |
| 22 | ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’ |
| 23 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It has been going on for a while — but not on the scale it is happening now . |
| 25 | Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come . |
| 26 | carried on for a while realized in the end he had to come back |
| 27 | she 's not on for a while |
| 28 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
| 29 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
| 30 | It was enough for a while just to have this clever , charming man as a friend , flattering to have him travel so far when he could just for the pleasure of her company . |