Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they had er , they had all that this morning , they should go for a little while . |
| 2 | If things keep as they 're going now and she gets the services she 's getting I 've no grumbles , she 'll stop for a long while . |
| 3 | I just hope she 'll sleep for a little while . |
| 4 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 5 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 6 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 7 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |