Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch . |
| 2 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 3 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 4 | There is times I 've casually picked it up , dropped it on the floor and forgotten to pick it up for a while because I 'm on the phone and sometimes it is quite loud in my ear . |
| 5 | Sometimes , if the screws are happy , they let us out for a while , and sometimes we have exercise after dinner . |
| 6 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 7 | Let's face it , all she 'd have to do would be to sit and let him sleep it off for a while , it was probably what the kid needed most , and he 'd never remember anything different . |
| 8 | There was enough money in her savings account to see her through for a while . |
| 9 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 10 | To keep us all happy and friendly and wanting to work together , I 'd split us up for a while . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe it would shut him up for a while . |
| 12 | We can put it off for a while , we can say I 'll leave it till I 'm older , I 'll leave it till some other time , I do n't want to make that decision now . |
| 13 | Sometimes I managed to block them out for a while , then something would happen to trigger them back — a comment or something on TV . |
| 14 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 15 | I think I 'll turn it off for a while actually . |