Example sentences of "talk for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had talked for a while then he had given Green a lift back to his hotel . |
| 2 | We talked for a while about the hunt — she wanted to know how much meat we 'd eaten , what the men had talked about — and then she said she had to go and graze the cows . |
| 3 | We talked for a while in English , grateful for the ease of communication . |
| 4 | This steered them away , as I had meant it to , and they talked for a while longer , then fell silent , enjoying the warmth and the view . |
| 5 | They talked for a while about London and about the alterations which Topaz was making at Stone Towers . |
| 6 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 7 | We talked for a while , catching up on our movements since we 'd last been neighbours six months earlier , in November . |
| 8 | We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella . |
| 9 | They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window . |
| 10 | She and Marcus looked at me , she shrugged and they talked for a while . |
| 11 | ‘ And we talked for a while . ’ |
| 12 | In a taped interview with Jill Jones , Head of Science in a comprehensive , which I shall quote from several times , I asked her , after she had been talking for a while about the frustrations , what made it all worthwhile . |
| 13 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |
| 14 | The therapist should let the client talk for a while , giving them the opportunity to relax . |