Example sentences of "[pers pn] a little while " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I think that 'll last you a little while . |
| 2 | It took me a little while to recover form the experience . |
| 3 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 4 | ‘ I think it will take them a little while to catch up again . |
| 5 | It took them a little while to pluck up courage to go along and when they did , they chose the Norfolk Gliding Club at Longstratton near Norwich . |
| 6 | It took him a little while , but he got it fixed in the end , then held out his dummy hand for the gun . |
| 7 | His right eye , which he had hardly noticed until Dr McNab had looked at it a little while earlier , had begun to throb painfully , and at the same time he felt feverish and nauseated , though perhaps it was only on account of the fetid atmosphere and the stench of urine . |
| 8 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 9 | Okay so we 've got s we 've , we 've discussed it a little while , we 've already got some , I mean you 're more clever at crimes than I have really . |
| 10 | ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’ |
| 11 | I think it 's , I 'll leave it a little while or else he 's be |
| 12 | I s I heard something about somebody was talking to me about it a little while ago . |
| 13 | There 's no panacea ; er it will take us a little while to get our programmes in place and to get them producing results . |