Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 2 | ‘ These new lambs would die if I could n't keep them warm for a while . |
| 3 | ‘ If you want me to help you , just leave me alone for a while ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ This 'll keep them happy for a while . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ No , I told you I was going to take it easy for a while . |
| 6 | It would n't settle the shaky future of a family business painstakingly built up with love and commitment , it would n't alter the shock of Mortimer 's twisted values … but it would definitely take her mind off it all for a while . |
| 7 | Perhaps I should simply have left it alone for a while . |
| 8 | ‘ Basically , to leave it alone for a while . |
| 9 | Erm , then I think it probably had us confused for a while , whilst we were just trying to decide who should do writing and who should do what , but then I decided I 'd chose two people , and then we started cutting things out so then that , that went okay then . |
| 10 | ‘ Chuck , leave us alone for a while . |