Example sentences of "[Wh det] [prep] a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Stock Exchange is investigating two blatant share ramps which for a while yesterday added £178million to the value of conglomerate Williams Holdings , and knocked £94million from financial services group British & Commonwealth . |
| 2 | The most erratic variable of all is the far southern Eta Carinæ , which for a while during the nineteenth century was the brightest of all stars apart from Sirius , but is now below naked-eye visibility , though binoculars show it well . |
| 3 | I have undertaken a lot of work with bereaved people which after a while could reach profound levels , but the first stage ( which sometimes seemed neverending ) was the misery the person felt at the loss of a household object or a pet bird . |
| 4 | Men die to win democracy for their countries , which after a while is taken grudgingly ; and its practitioners come to be seen as less skilled , worthy and entertaining than the aristocrats of sport . |
| 5 | Anyway , we pulled ourselves together and pretended to be pleased to see him , and then he drove us back to London like a maniac , keeping up a stream of gibberish which after a while I stopped listening to . |