Example sentences of "and [verb] a while " in BNC.

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1 Come within the lodge , and sit a while , and we 'll find you food and drink . ’
2 I was delighted and decided to stay and watch a while .
3 Afterwards , sated and happy , they both slept while the afternoon sun crept into the room and lingered a while on the wall where the photograph had been .
4 We started a bit shaky , and took a while to adjust , but in the end we could have added to our tally , by which time I felt we were the better side . ’
5 He was thirty-five and had a while to wait , everyone reckoned .
6 After a little , it drifted to the bank and El-ahrairah dragged it out and waited a while before pushing it in again .
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