Example sentences of "think for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let me think for a while . ’ |
| 2 | He thinks for a while . |
| 3 | But he soon became convinced that the herpes virus , which was thought for a while to be associated with cancer , had in reality nothing to do with the disease . |
| 4 | Mr Sowerberry rubbed his chin and thought for a while . |
| 5 | I thought for a while . |
| 6 | He thought for a while about this . |
| 7 | He thought for a while , then said ‘ You know , I think I 'm getting a bit tired ; I think I need a holiday ’ . |
| 8 | " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said . |
| 9 | I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice . |
| 10 | Mr Rochester thought for a while . |
| 11 | She thought for a while , then crossed out ‘ journey ’ the second time and wrote in ‘ trip ’ , so as not to repeat herself . |
| 12 | I thought for a while that the information would just go on accumulating from here on in , but thank God it 's already begun dropping off . |
| 13 | He lit a cigarette and thought for a while . |
| 14 | Grimma thought for a while , and then licked the stub and , in big letters , started to write . |
| 15 | Anna thought for a while . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought for a while , when you drove past Lubor and me at lunchtime the next day and looked so angry , that my dinner appointment with you might be off , ’ she felt safe in commenting . |