Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] for a [adj] while " in BNC.

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1 The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past .
2 The two of them had once shared a mistress in Lewisham , but only for a little while .
3 I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’
4 Mr Mortimer , currently at work on a play for the BBC and a drama series for Meridian , tells me he hopes there will be another Rumpole series : ‘ But not for a little while . ’
5 He 's right , but not for a little while .
6 Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards .
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