Example sentences of "[verb] to [pers pn] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 2 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 3 | On the latter 's arrival , they had talked to him for a while and then he had gone off with them . |
| 4 | I found one guy and talked to him for a while on tape . |
| 5 | We have n't spoken to them for a while ? |
| 6 | Carlos and Francisco chatted to them for a while , but then Carlos had to patrol his area , which to him meant strolling around , able to approach and compliment all the prettiest girls , and subsequently trying to fit them into his tight evening schedule ! |
| 7 | I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while . |
| 8 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 9 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 10 | After talking to her for a while I asked her if she was English . |
| 11 | And Jeannie , I remember Jeannie well and wrote to her for a while , but she was not much of a correspondent . ’ |
| 12 | If you ignore the wisdom of your Higher Self , it might not bother to speak to you for a while . |