Example sentences of "[vb base] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | They emerge and merge , co-operate and co-ordinate for a while , but they have a relatively short active lifetime . |
| 2 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 3 | I lay for a while simply wrestling with the enormity of it . |
| 4 | They lay for a while catching their breath , then returned to Nettles . |
| 5 | Karelius awoke that morning at half-past six , and lay for a while thinking about Fräulein Müller . |
| 6 | They lay for a while , their hands lightly clasped , each deeply engrossed in their own thoughts . |
| 7 | I lay for a while waiting for the chateau to fall silent again before drifting into a demon-filled sleep of black war horses rearing above me , men flying through the night air , and those dreadful corpses laid out so tidily , so neatly , in that beautiful London garden . |
| 8 | Or sit for a while with your back against the trunk of a mature tree ( preferably an oak ) ; breathe deeply and allow yourself to merge , as it were , with the energies of the tree . |
| 9 | We concentrate for a while on I , the principle of induction . |
| 10 | The B film was a Western starring Randolph Scott , and when that was over he would watch Jane Russell again , and somewhere in between he would eat his boiled egg and perhaps sleep for a while . |
| 11 | Maybe if she could just curl up on her bed and sleep for a while she 'd feel better . |
| 12 | And I shall picture all those thousands of appreciative ducks — and swans and waders — in their safe winter quarters ; and forget for a while ‘ the troubles of the world . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You keep this perch warm for a while , I 'm doing a walkabout . ’ |
| 14 | They feel cold , and rest and cry for a while , and then mount the cleared table . |
| 15 | ‘ Attend you gallant Irishmen and listen for a while |
| 16 | ABOVE If you stop for a while , by all means allow your dog to join you in the front of the car . |
| 17 | Just relax for a while . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why do n't you go back to the hotel , relax for a while ? |
| 19 | 11.01am : Pavement feels softer than usual , so I lie for a while before crawling to the ‘ Suck and Syphon ’ , Editor 's favourite pub . |
| 20 | Read for a while , then do some writing or some research browsing in a library ; this can reduce the effect of strain or tiredness with long bouts of writing , something which is particularly important for health reasons if you work at a computer . |
| 21 | I 'll have a bath and go to bed and read for a while . |
| 22 | It will not list them all because small magazines come and go , flourish for a while then ‘ die , that poetry may live ’ , as Gertrude Stein said . |
| 23 | Children who have had happy , loving and stable early experiences will when hurt simply weep for a while to relieve the hurt , then get on with life . |
| 24 | But if a young fella started you know , he could n't d eat you know for a while long time . |
| 25 | ‘ Can I sit with you and sunbathe for a while ? |
| 26 | Women 's periods are often affected : they may become very heavy , lose their regularity , or even disappear for a while . |
| 27 | One guy said : ‘ Disappear for a while , be difficult and do n't be so available . ’ |
| 28 | ’ Turn the phetam over to the Fedpol and disappear for a while Maybe out on the Rim Beyond the Rim . ’ |
| 29 | And I lay back in the cradling pouch-seat , enjoying the feeling of being safe and relaxed — and financially secure for a while , with that fee safely tucked away in my Fedbank account . |
| 30 | And so Felix offered to take over the wheel and drive for a while . |