Example sentences of "be for [art] while " in BNC.
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1 | During my blue period my life also seemed to become a lot more structured than it had been for a while . |
2 | them two have not been for a while so they 've crossed off so , you have another |
3 | then that and he just bring me pack of cards you know er but er that 's how it 's been for a while you know if I thought well being a sh that that 's now we 've done it it 's a pity we 've not got , mind you I mean it can go potty again in a few years . |
4 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
5 | Well the window cleaner 's not been for a while has he ? |
6 | Going about her daily routine , Wilson was dry-eyed , as she knew Mrs Browning would be for a while yet . |
7 | The plan is that if we have to leave , and we 're still not sure , it will only be for a while . |
8 | And it wo n't be for a while . |
9 | ‘ But that should n't be for a while , they 're not calling the twenties up yet … |
10 | I 've told her I 'll see her at the funeral , though I suppose it wo n't be for a while . |
11 | They used to be for a while . |
12 | But it wo n't be for a while |
13 | Obviously Daglish has being trying to buy Batt 's for a while after failing to sign Keane . |
14 | Hitler was never again to be at the centre of public attention as he was for a while following the plot of 20 July 1944 . |
15 | He also subscribed to Reuters ( received in morse by radio ) and was for a while a Reuters correspondent in the region . |
16 | A Russian emigre who was for a while vice president of research and development at Prime/Computervision , has caught the start-up bug . |
17 | But the next time Cecilia saw Daphne Bleech-Palmer Tina 's words came back to her and she was for a while shy and constrained . |
18 | Entering Biarritz by the coast road like this , you end by driving along the Avenue Édouard VII , which leads down into the centre of the town and sets the tone for a resort that was for a while Europe 's princeliest . |
19 | Powell began an irrigation survey in 1888 under the auspices of the US Geological Survey and was for a while successful in convincing the government that state control was necessary . |
20 | They did n't tell Martinho what the situation was for a while , and then they preferred to get me to break it to him . |