Example sentences of "[adv] for a little " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only for a little while . |
| 2 | Stay , if only for a little while . ’ |
| 3 | The two of them had once shared a mistress in Lewisham , but only for a little while . |
| 4 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 5 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
| 6 | They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls . |
| 7 | Some fudge the issue by saying that the grandparent has gone away for a little while . |
| 8 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |
| 9 | ‘ Well — just for a little while , then , ’ he said , relenting — and perhaps enjoying the fact that he had something to relent about , was in command of the situation . |
| 10 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 11 | I shall go and change into my blue dress , just for a little while . |
| 12 | ‘ Sit beside me on the bed , just for a little while longer , until I get to sleep ? ’ |
| 13 | Just for a little while listen to me ! |
| 14 | Well , what we did was we what we did was we erm found the alarm system to try and calculate some reasonable output rates erm but what we found was the output rates seemed incredibly low using based on the completion that they have got So what we was we erm took the nine week 's work that they 'd done and erm plus they 'd obviously based our output rates on that erm just for a little example , using the allowances we have n't got whereas actually we 'd been calculating it on what they had n't worked so , that was basically what we So moving on to the actual short-term programme |
| 15 | ‘ We have been able to put in double glazing and central heating , which makes things more comfortable for William as he does n't get out too much — just for a little bit of gardening when the weather 's better . ’ |
| 16 | I thought does n't this take a long time just for a little tiny bit ? |
| 17 | Just for a little thing like that ! |
| 18 | Yes well I 'll go fortnightly for a little while then it 'll tail off . |
| 19 | Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards . |
| 20 | Neither of us spoke for a few moments , then she asked : ‘ Do you mind if I stay here for a little while ? ’ |
| 21 | I shall be here for a little while . |
| 22 | But she was here for a little while now , and would be coming back in mid-April to get Luxembourg on . |
| 23 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |
| 24 | We should be , we we 're only here for a little while cos I 'm going to spend some time with the girls cos I ai n't see their |
| 25 | Put the fire on in here for a little while |
| 26 | Even for a little baby like you . |
| 27 | If I cough or something it goes quite for a little while then comes back again . |
| 28 | ‘ Nana is too strict and too hard for a little child all alone like you . |
| 29 | Most of us have dieted at some time in our lives , and have been able to stick to the new regime quite rigidly for a little while . |
| 30 | Even if sympathy was n't forthcoming , she had hoped at least for a little guidance , some clue as to where she had fallen short , or advice for the future . |