Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Hercule died , it was suggested that Isabelle should stay on for a while — assist with the children . |
| 2 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 3 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 4 | More so at that time when companies were culled from post-war part-blackout part-music hall Britain to cling together for a while on what usually became the wreckage of a production . |
| 5 | We lived together for a while . ’ |
| 6 | The work hummed on for a while . |
| 7 | ONE WAR WAS WINDing down for a while , not ending , because they never end . |
| 8 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 9 | But the full force of the poison was staved off for a while . |
| 10 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 11 | She moved out for a while , but carried on cleaning for her ; and then when she married , she moved back in again , and had her first child there . |
| 12 | She sucked sweetly for a while , her busy tongue teasing at the shaft with exquisite enthusiasm . |
| 13 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 14 | Then I wandered around for a while , casting wistful glances at my tables . |
| 15 | I wandered around for a while , in a bit of a daze , and then strolled back here . |
| 16 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 17 | He wandered around for a while and ran into a few of the household busy with their duties . |
| 18 | KNOCKING AROUND for a while now . |
| 19 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 20 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 21 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 23 | If you have cavity wall insulation as well , the only way you can test for its effects is to go away for a while , to a house without sources of formaldehyde . |
| 24 | Fergus drove on for a while . |
| 25 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 26 | Pamela and he had been living together for a while and , until recently , Jimmy had been close to a happiness previously denied him ; both as lover and as surrogate father . |
| 27 | Although the rise in oil prices will continue to feed through for a while , the prospect is for a substantial reduction in inflation over the coming year . |
| 28 | As I watched , the flame , a centimetre behind the wasp 's wax gummed head , freed the antennae from the grease and they came upright for a while before they frazzled . |
| 29 | ‘ Bless my soul , ’ said Calatin in a deep rumbling voice , ‘ bless my soul , I believe I dropped off for a while . |
| 30 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |