Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around the turn of the century , oralism was at its most fervent in British schools for the deaf while at the same time many deaf people were extremely worried by the lack of education being given . |
| 2 | The Lost Prince in particular belongs to a long tradition of didacticism in stones for the young while in its rapid pace and direct style it looks forward to the growing body of junior adventure stones of the late 1920s and the 1930s when children were to play a leading , active part in important , often great events . |
| 3 | Chris became involved with Guide Dogs for the Blind while in the Army Cadet Force . |
| 4 | ‘ The front door is locked now but the caretaker will let you out at the back , so you 'll be welcome to stay for a wee while longer . |
| 5 | And er on the other hand you can get in your car and you can get down to suddenly find they 've got the the road up or E G as we did coming down to York today there 's driving his his er surface lifter down the road and and er you 're stuck in a traffic jam for a wee while er |
| 6 | away for a wee while again . |
| 7 | Keep you out of mischief for a wee while again . |
| 8 | Come up and sit on your Gran 's knee for a wee while . |
| 9 | For a for a wee while . |
| 10 | For a wee while , yes . |
| 11 | keep you out of mischief for a wee while . |
| 12 | But now I 'm just deciding I 'll live off invalidity benefit for a wee while longer , leaving that in the hands of my my managing director and somebody else and the money that 's coming through from the Queen and whatever I 'm just gon na live on invalidity benefit , I 'm only drawing invalidity benefit , I 'm not gon na get any more money than invalidity benefit . |
| 13 | That 'll keep her going for a wee while . |
| 14 | And that 'll get the inside of that sorted out for a wee while again young William . |
| 15 | Th keep that going for a wee while again . |
| 16 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 17 | There we are , that 'll keep you going for a wee while longer James . |
| 18 | for a wee while . |
| 19 | Just for a wee while . |
| 20 | Seek out the company of cheery chums and forget your worries and woes for a wee while . |
| 21 | It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden . |
| 22 | I to the school after I was fourteen just for a wee while . |
| 23 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 24 | Well it 's alright for a while but that 's alright for a wee while now . |
| 25 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 26 | We were carrying light loads because it was our last day but we averaged about 25kph with ease , and for a long while . |
| 27 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 28 | Others had been saying that nobody wore the Party badge any longer in Munich and that ‘ for a long while not a single person had believed anything the Führer had said ’ . |
| 29 | have hunted , slain and carried away deer , hares , coneys , pheasants and partridges … threatening the King 's officers in life and limb , so that they … for a long while have not dared openly to pass and do their business there . |
| 30 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |