Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] little 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 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 8 | This arrangement keeps them going for a little while . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh well , that should keep you going for a little while . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll let that set for a little while , then X-ray it again to check that it 's nicely lined up . |
| 11 | I just hope she 'll sleep for a little while . |
| 12 | Well I think she 's done all she needs to do for a little while . |
| 13 | So I just tagged along in his pickup truck happy to share for a little while in the spiritual life of his huge parish . |
| 14 | The precise outcome of these changes will not be known for a little while , but regrettably it will almost certainly result in a lower financial provision for IT and many other areas in the longer term , and quite probably a significant lower level of commitment to new grants in all areas in the current academic session , since the sharpest adjustment needs to be made for 1991/92 . |
| 15 | You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes . ’ |
| 16 | She felt the shrugging of his shoulders as if he were trying to forget for a little while the fear that never seemed quite to leave him . |
| 17 | While you 're waiting for the kettle to boil erm , get a cup from the cupboard and a tea bag from the tea jar , put tea bag in the the cup and then wait for the kettle to boil and o , once the kettle has boiled you put your hot water into the cup and le , and let the tea brew for a little while And then , after you let it brew you can either add milk to it or , do not add milk to it . |
| 18 | I 'm gon na read for a little while but I feel |
| 19 | Well they had er , they had all that this morning , they should go for a little while . |
| 20 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
| 21 | Julia thought for a little while and then produced one word : |
| 22 | Holmes thought for a little while . |
| 23 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 24 | I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it , |
| 25 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 26 | So , we think for a little while ahead you should go to a school where you 'll be looked after ; I mean , where you can sleep , and where he wo n't get at you . ’ |
| 27 | Well ca n't you just talk cos it 's not long , just a couple of minutes just talk before you revise for a little while ? |
| 28 | Flattered for a little while , they soon begin to feel embarrassed or threatened by the powerful nature of the feeling that surrounds them . |
| 29 | Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty . |
| 30 | Let's now talk for a little while about the assignment . |