Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lowered her gaze to the plate of food she had ordered a while ago . |
| 2 | You have spent a while analysing your typical eating and exercise habits . |
| 3 | ‘ My brother , Mark , is on one song which we had cut a while ago and it wound up going on the record because it was such a good demo . ’ |
| 4 | After they had talked a while longer , he showed his young visitors out , through the shop . |
| 5 | Both represent such a considerable departure from previous practice , however , and share so many features in common , that it has taken a while for the dust to settle after the major upheavals of recent years and for the difference between them to emerge . |
| 6 | He had spent a while in the toilet , most of the time with his ear to the stethoscope-like instrument he 'd pressed against the closed door . |