Example sentences of "he [prep] a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron looked steadily at him for a while until Stewart turned his head with a little toss and swallowed down his wine . |
| 2 | He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known . |
| 3 | They were amused by him for a while but he did n't keep his place . |
| 4 | Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother . |
| 5 | Allott supported him for a while , and at 278 for 7 , with Lamb on 98 , there seemed a chance that the follow-on might be saved . |
| 6 | On the latter 's arrival , they had talked to him for a while and then he had gone off with them . |
| 7 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 8 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 9 | I found one guy and talked to him for a while on tape . |
| 10 | She sat and rocked him for a while until he felt all right again and then went upstairs and dressed herself in a low-backed , jade green jumpsuit and gold pumps and gold hoop ear-rings , and felt exotic . |
| 11 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 12 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 13 | She had lost him for a while , at the party , but she 'd already been too drunk to worry . |
| 14 | When the bike 's owner , replete in heavy leather jacket appeared , Agassi chatted with him for a while before offering to buy the bike for £9,000 . |
| 15 | Once satisfied , she took his pulse again , then watched him for a while . |
| 16 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
| 17 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 18 | The current state of Preston 's finances put taxi rides across London among the long list of temptations he would have to put behind him for a while . |
| 19 | He 's not very worried about the law yet , because there 's no reason they should get on to him for a while . |
| 20 | All ways to hold him for a while . |
| 21 | The incident with the muntjac doe had distracted him for a while but gradually the sense of exultation in his deeds of the previous evening returned and blotted everything else from his mind . |
| 22 | Oh I was very , I have n't seen him for a while , being ill you do n't , but er , he was always sending messages of good will when I was in hospital . |
| 23 | These words were probably written after the capture and tonsuring of the king in 731 by unnamed opponents who kept him for a while in a monastic centre , somewhere presumably in Northumbria . |
| 24 | He worked with him for a while , making implements . |
| 25 | The young man looked at him for a while . |
| 26 | If only she could get right away from him for a while , then she 'd be able to cope . |
| 27 | Maybe she 'd play along with him for a while . |
| 28 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 29 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |
| 30 | Berger watched him for a while , and then he also pulled up the collar of his greatcoat and turned into the corner . |