Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
| 2 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 3 | But this merely delayed for a while the inevitable . |
| 4 | The B film was a Western starring Randolph Scott , and when that was over he would watch Jane Russell again , and somewhere in between he would eat his boiled egg and perhaps sleep for a while . |
| 5 | He felt tempted to continue through the village to visit the young Prince at Woodstock Palace but , considering what he had just learnt , thought he had better wait for a while . |
| 6 | I thought that if I took him down to paddle for a while , it would cool him down and distract him , so he would be able to sleep . |
| 7 | The idea of doing some private nursing , then perhaps travelling for a while , had stayed in the back of her mind during the days since that disastrous exchange with Deana in the cafeteria , and a small voice kept saying inside her , ‘ Perhaps you should . |
| 8 | No — this was still the interior of the Drum , its walls stained with smoke , its floor a compost of old rushes and nameless beetles , its sour beer not so much purchased as merely hired for a while . |
| 9 | Salisbury looks good enough to stay for a while , although he briefly gives Sussex once again two players with three initials who have each played for England only once , the other being A.C.S. Pigott . |
| 10 | He long jumped for a while before concentrating solely on sprinting 200 metres : he clocked 22.8 seconds in his first year and reduced this to 21. 13 seconds , his personal best , making him the club 's number one until the rise in form of Mike MacFarlane . |
| 11 | I was n't going to court to get the order reduced , just stopped for a while until I get a job . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's just wait for a while , eh ? |
| 13 | Just relax for a while . ’ |
| 14 | The man did not respond for a while , but pressed his fingers firmly into his eye sockets . |
| 15 | Well it 's not trickled for a while has it ? |
| 16 | Our young labourer Kevin , whom I 've not mentioned for a while , gets the strenuous pick and shovel jobs . |
| 17 | He just sat for a while in a sort of communal TV room with a few old loons . |
| 18 | Even when he raised his face open-eyed to the altar the silence still continued for a while . |
| 19 | His musculature still spasmed for a while . |
| 20 | If my memory serves me correctly , he had also worked for a while in the office of a chartered accountant , but to no avail . |
| 21 | The other dhāmis carry on dancing for a while and then their gods go too . |
| 22 | I also think we 've got a certain accessibility in our performance that people have n't really seen for a while : we 're willing to perform . ’ |
| 23 | Well , the sun is out and so I 'm off out to sunbathe for a while , if I can get past the Ed that is . |
| 24 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 25 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |
| 26 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
| 27 | He did n't answer for a while and then , as they made their way round the little lake , he answered , ‘ Ivanov . ’ |
| 28 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 29 | Children who have had happy , loving and stable early experiences will when hurt simply weep for a while to relieve the hurt , then get on with life . |
| 30 | Women 's periods are often affected : they may become very heavy , lose their regularity , or even disappear for a while . |