Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] little while " in BNC.
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| 1 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 2 | But her annoyance returned when Jenny came in a little while later and told her that she had asked Matthew to dinner . |
| 3 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
| 4 | Julia thought for a little while and then produced one word : |
| 5 | Holmes thought for a little while . |
| 6 | The sports section that you , you talk you harped on a little while ago . |
| 7 | Isambard had halted and turned in the passage , frowning a little , in two minds whether to go back to him , but in the end he did not ; he merely waited for a little while , listening until the torrent of defiance had grown strangely shaken and softened with moments of entreaty . |
| 8 | Well it was when I 'd finished my midwifery training I certainly stayed on a little while in er in doing a bit of district work . |