Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Until the blunders it was one of the best games I 'd seen for a while . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It was a real old-fashioned adventure and one of the best films I 've seen for a while . ’ |
| 3 | Then he would qualify these certainties at the end , once the client had agreed to buy with something like : " of course , you 'll appreciate that , as with any shares , I can make no absolute guarantees , but this is the best opportunity I 've seen for a while . " |
| 4 | She had hoped for a while that Seth could straighten Joey out . |
| 5 | I started skating with a couple of guys called Sam and Luke who had skated for a while in London . |
| 6 | If you have to stand for a while at work or in a queue , it would be helpful to have one leg behind the other with the feet at about 45 degrees to each other . |
| 7 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 8 | Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’ |
| 9 | that we 've had for a while . |
| 10 | They had lived for a while in holes cut in the turf banks . |
| 11 | After they had driven for a while , Edward said : ‘ Are n't we involved at all now ? |
| 12 | They had talked for a while then he had given Green a lift back to his hotel . |
| 13 | The others took it up , humming or singing , and walked in time to it until old Donald got breathless and they had to saunter for a while . |
| 14 | Gorelli , he 'd won for a while , but now he was losing , and he was losing big . |
| 15 | It had appeared for a while that Coronation Street 's rival EastEnders , boosted by a weekend omnibus , would oust it from top spot in the ratings . |
| 16 | He had suspected for a while that Nancy had become tired of Bill Sikes ' brutality and violence , and that she had found a new friend to take his place . |