Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] while " 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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |
| 4 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 5 | And although I am now tired , very cold and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain ! — I am compelled to continue for a little while longer . |
| 6 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 7 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 8 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 9 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 10 | I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ . |
| 11 | You , you ha you establish a rapport of listening for a little while to whatever it is that they 've got to say , and their troubles and their anxieties and I was n't happy that |
| 12 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 13 | For an ice cream cake , buy a large pack of vanilla flavour and let it warm for a little while until it can be moulded into a circle , and then refreeze it . |
| 14 | Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ? |
| 15 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 16 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 17 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 18 | That it was erected , operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true . |
| 19 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while . |
| 20 | But her annoyance returned when Jenny came in a little while later and told her that she had asked Matthew to dinner . |
| 21 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 22 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 23 | That 'll keep her going for a wee while . |
| 24 | Th keep that going for a wee while again . |
| 25 | There we are , that 'll keep you going for a wee while longer James . |
| 26 | This arrangement keeps them going for a little while . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh well , that should keep you going for a little while . ’ |
| 28 | Ironically , what we also find , as we shall see in a little while , is that when soteriology was really put on the map in the eleventh century much of the drama was lost . |
| 29 | If things keep as they 're going now and she gets the services she 's getting I 've no grumbles , she 'll stop for a long while . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up . |