Example sentences of "a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | That kind of package takes a wee while to put together . |
| 2 | ‘ The front door is locked now but the caretaker will let you out at the back , so you 'll be welcome to stay for a wee while longer . |
| 3 | I 'll bide a wee while in your hospital , but there 's to be no cosseting , you 'll understand ! ’ |
| 4 | And er on the other hand you can get in your car and you can get down to suddenly find they 've got the the road up or E G as we did coming down to York today there 's driving his his er surface lifter down the road and and er you 're stuck in a traffic jam for a wee while er |
| 5 | away for a wee while again . |
| 6 | Keep you out of mischief for a wee while again . |
| 7 | Come up and sit on your Gran 's knee for a wee while . |
| 8 | That 's it , just a wee while , we 're not , we 're not gon na you . |
| 9 | For a for a wee while . |
| 10 | For a wee while , yes . |
| 11 | For a a wee while . |
| 12 | keep you out of mischief for a wee while . |
| 13 | But now I 'm just deciding I 'll live off invalidity benefit for a wee while longer , leaving that in the hands of my my managing director and somebody else and the money that 's coming through from the Queen and whatever I 'm just gon na live on invalidity benefit , I 'm only drawing invalidity benefit , I 'm not gon na get any more money than invalidity benefit . |
| 14 | That 'll keep her going for a wee while . |
| 15 | And that 'll get the inside of that sorted out for a wee while again young William . |
| 16 | Got a wee while to go . |
| 17 | Th keep that going for a wee while again . |
| 18 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 19 | There we are , that 'll keep you going for a wee while longer James . |
| 20 | for a wee while . |
| 21 | Just for a wee while . |
| 22 | No it 's a wee while to go yet . |
| 23 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 24 | Seek out the company of cheery chums and forget your worries and woes for a wee while . |
| 25 | And they 'd come along cattle there just contented as could be and then they got their supper and we 'd give them a wee while of light still to eat their supper . |
| 26 | It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden . |
| 27 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
| 28 | Well er it was only I 'd been a wee while at er Birsay and a wee while at Crantit till I were back at Holland but it was a different farm I was in then it was a bit different . |
| 29 | I to the school after I was fourteen just for a wee while . |
| 30 | She might have to wait a wee while but I think she 'll get on , yes . |