Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 2 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |
| 3 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 4 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 5 | I have n't seen them for a while |
| 6 | The staff would n't arrive to set them for a while yet . |
| 7 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while , Mac , ’ she said , tight-lipped as she dropped the cheese rolls into a brown paper bag . |
| 9 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 10 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
| 11 | Oh I was very , I have n't seen him for a while , being ill you do n't , but er , he was always sending messages of good will when I was in hospital . |
| 12 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 13 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 14 | I have n't seen him for a while actually . |
| 15 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 16 | Have n't seen her for a while . |
| 17 | He went up , and it 's first time he 'd seen her for a while and she said something about , oh he was supposed to have something but he got to hear this well it 's got nothing to do with all the others . |
| 18 | We have n't done it for a while . |
| 19 | Presumably wedding presents will form the basis of their ‘ equipment ’ , but I do n't think Rosie minds roughing it for a while . |
| 20 | He studied it for a while , whistled and rang Fulham . |
| 21 | In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while . |
| 22 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 23 | I have nt seen it for a while and it was one of the more pleasing aspects to the Oldham game . |
| 24 | That should see me for a while . |
| 25 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |
| 26 | Will you keep them for a while ? ’ |
| 27 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
| 28 | The music soothed her for a while but the needle stuck in a groove suddenly and she wept in response , despairing . |
| 29 | I 'm not doing any , I 'm , I 'm , all this bloody panicking about getting a flaming gas fire sorted out and getting a carpet done , I 'm not , not bothering , we 'll just have to rough it for a while . |
| 30 | I think it can store it for a while , too . |