Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only for a short while , Father , ’ the young priest rejoined . |
| 2 | I have given my consent , intending to gratify her wishes in this respect only for a short while . |
| 3 | When I was sitting in that corridor there was one of the tutors on the phone , only for a short while |
| 4 | It 's only for a little while . |
| 5 | Stay , if only for a little while . ’ |
| 6 | The two of them had once shared a mistress in Lewisham , but only for a little while . |
| 7 | So for a short while the two movements , Co-operation and trade unionism , had fused . |
| 8 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 9 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
| 10 | They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls . |
| 11 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 12 | away for a wee while again . |
| 13 | Some fudge the issue by saying that the grandparent has gone away for a little while . |
| 14 | Just for a wee while . |
| 15 | I to the school after I was fourteen just for a wee while . |
| 16 | The lights dim , the music starts , and just for a little while you journey into the past . |
| 17 | ‘ Well — just for a little while , then , ’ he said , relenting — and perhaps enjoying the fact that he had something to relent about , was in command of the situation . |
| 18 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 19 | I shall go and change into my blue dress , just for a little while . |
| 20 | ‘ Sit beside me on the bed , just for a little while longer , until I get to sleep ? ’ |
| 21 | Just for a little while listen to me ! |
| 22 | On the day of the wedding , just for a short while , all strife was laid aside . |
| 23 | So England have not always been sporting failures just for a short while . |
| 24 | Just for a short while let this be the most perfect day of my life . |
| 25 | Just for a short while , to see how you both are . |
| 26 | He had abruptly spurred ahead of her then without replying , and they had ridden without speaking further for a long while . |
| 27 | Hayman thought deeply for a long while before making up his mind . |
| 28 | Yes well I 'll go fortnightly for a little while then it 'll tail off . |
| 29 | Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards . |
| 30 | All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned . |