Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think she 's done all she needs to do for a little while . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There the Millers may have lived for a short while . |
| 5 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 6 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 7 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 8 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 9 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She clung to the picture of Mrs Rundle at home , for she had been a part of her home and the children had moored for a short while in the black harbour of her lap . |
| 12 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 13 | A cold spell simply halts flowering for a little while . |
| 14 | I stood staring for a long while . |