Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] while [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things would quieten down for a little while and the huddles be reformed , but before long there was the crack of a whip and a pony and trap would dash down the field . |
| 2 | The sing-song lumbered along for a little while but it appears that the ‘ Ball of Kirriemuir ’ has been removed from the Examination Syllabus . |
| 3 | They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls . |
| 4 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 5 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 6 | If you know you can not deal with an upsetting confrontation , try to put it off for a short while until you feel calmer . |
| 7 | Now I 'm gon na turn it off for a little while until everyone starts having a proper conversation . |
| 8 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 9 | what I 'll probably do is take you out for a little while so you can go up and see Annie and all that , next week , not only a |
| 10 | We fell out for a little while but I mean , playing loud but I mean upstairs is fine . |
| 11 | A spokeswoman for the Guides Association said yesterday : ‘ She worked here for a short while and I suppose it was just a job to her . ’ |
| 12 | We should be , we we 're only here for a little while cos I 'm going to spend some time with the girls cos I ai n't see their |
| 13 | He was strong , crawled about for a short while and walked quite strongly at ten months . |
| 14 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |