Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , this peculiar combination had a long life and was destined to reappear in the Middle Ages as the Albigensian heresy that flourished for a while in southern France but was eventually crushed in the first quarter of the thirteenth century by the northern French at the command of the most powerful of the medieval Popes , Innocent III . |
| 2 | Intimacy with God , with each other , and with the neighbourhood in which we lived , following the example of Jesus in John 1:14 : ‘ The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us . ’ |
| 3 | She contrasted this unfavourably with the simple needs of the Masai and tried for a while to live on their diet of milk and maize meal . |
| 4 | Sometimes the little boy climbed from his cot and played for a while indoors , though more usually he toddled out on to the terrace , in search of her and a drink |
| 5 | It has even been mistakenly argued that at some point during the 1320s he fled to Paris and studied for a while at the Sorbonne . |
| 6 | A moment later their glances met and , disturbingly , Fabia suddenly experienced a moment of confusion , and forgot for a while that he had not answered her question . |
| 7 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 8 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 9 | He stood and watched for a while but everything connected with seamanship is so majestically slow that he began to feel guilty of time wasting while the little vessel was still being manoeuvred through the gap . |
| 10 | So do major prints by Sam Francis ( who lived and worked for a while in Japan ) . |
| 11 | He lit a cigarette and thought for a while . |
| 12 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 13 | He took the call and listened for a while . |
| 14 | Before Parr knocked on Jessica 's bedroom door , he stood outside and listened for a while . |
| 15 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 16 | When she had done all she could she went to the bathroom and wept for a while and found herself raging against her lodger for being young and clean and free of spirit and unsure because he had never faced death . |
| 17 | George Burley presently came into the dining car and spoke for a while to Nell , who subsequently went from table to table , clipboard in place , repeating what he 'd said . |
| 18 | She found a bookshop and browsed for a while . |
| 19 | There they lived their lives , and prospered for a while ; but there was a disquiet amongst them , for it was said that they had been created with a purpose in this life , and that the purpose had something to do with the manner of their creation . |
| 20 | When the show finally ended and the house lights came up , Lucy found herself a backstage corner and waited for a while longer . |
| 21 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 22 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
| 23 | Then he turned and stood for a while gazing out at the Pacific . |
| 24 | Wycliffe passed through the general office with a word to the two girls and stood for a while in the yard while the timber-lorry drove away and the big double doors were closed behind it . |
| 25 | Jahsaxa sat and pondered for a while . |
| 26 | The little boy slipped , fell on his lorry and whimpered for a while . |
| 27 | She sat down on the grass and stayed for a while , talking and laughing with the children in the quiet , sunny garden . |
| 28 | Meanwhile Angel Clare returned to his hotel , and sat for a while over breakfast , staring into space . |
| 29 | John Tutchin , who produced his Observator twice a week from 1702 until his death in 1707 , worked for the Junto Whigs , as did for a while that indefatigable pamphleteer , Daniel Defoe . |