Example sentences of "i [verb] for a little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway .
2 and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job
3 And I knew for a little while that would be true .
4 Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard .
5 After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking .
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