Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 2 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 3 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 4 | She clung to the picture of Mrs Rundle at home , for she had been a part of her home and the children had moored for a short while in the black harbour of her lap . |
| 5 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 6 | I stood staring for a long while . |