Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We lived together for a while . ’ |
| 3 | She sucked sweetly for a while , her busy tongue teasing at the shaft with exquisite enthusiasm . |
| 4 | I am minding the shop so we must stay downstairs for a while . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll stay just for a while longer . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 10 | Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’ |
| 11 | So she would have to she was to given up her career in acting , she may have to take a view and give up singing totally for a while . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is seeking to increase the audience , or perhaps it was lead astray for a while by the fact that , during the Conservative leadership contest , the exciting politics at Westminster were not in the Chamber . |
| 13 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 14 | I 'm going away for a while , give you time to pack your things . |
| 15 | So that was going alright for a while . |
| 16 | Nanny and baby could both be accommodated there for a while . |
| 17 | I sha n't be going anywhere for a while . |
| 18 | In fact , knew it for certain when , ‘ Since you 're not going anywhere for a while , perhaps you 'd like to take a seat now , ’ he suggested . |
| 19 | Soon the fine weather would come , she would be able to take rides along the coast road , get away for a while from the interminable drawing-room meetings and card calling that wearied and bored her . |
| 20 | He did move away for a while er and had er workrooms away from the , from the house and I just ran the , the shop . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I 'll be staying here for a while , sharing the caravan with Boz and Alamena . ’ |
| 22 | In fact , with your permission , I 'll start now and stop here for a while . |
| 23 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 24 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 25 | I kept the boost up as long as I could ; then , when I felt it start to go , relaxed , and went back to merely running fast for a while . |
| 26 | Again , this worked well for a while . |
| 27 | Bill the dog always seems to walk at least twice as far as I do , running ahead for a while and coming back to check that I 'm following before he dives down a hole after rabbits that he never catches . |
| 28 | Over spaghetti they chatted casually for a while , then Rob said , ‘ You 're looking thinner . |
| 29 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 30 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |