Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Penny for them , ’ said Adam , when they were halfway through the meal and she had said nothing for a while . |
| 2 | I have n't seen them for a while |
| 3 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while , Mac , ’ she said , tight-lipped as she dropped the cheese rolls into a brown paper bag . |
| 5 | Oh I was very , I have n't seen him for a while , being ill you do n't , but er , he was always sending messages of good will when I was in hospital . |
| 6 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 7 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 8 | I have n't seen him for a while actually . |
| 9 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 10 | Have n't seen her for a while . |
| 11 | He went up , and it 's first time he 'd seen her for a while and she said something about , oh he was supposed to have something but he got to hear this well it 's got nothing to do with all the others . |
| 12 | We have n't done it for a while . |
| 13 | I have nt seen it for a while and it was one of the more pleasing aspects to the Oldham game . |
| 14 | You have n't used us for a while . |
| 15 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 16 | We 've known them for a while , they 've been travelling to games solidly for years and are better fans on that score than I 've ever been . |
| 17 | The incident with the muntjac doe had distracted him for a while but gradually the sense of exultation in his deeds of the previous evening returned and blotted everything else from his mind . |
| 18 | The pause had steadied her for a while but then it enabled the gnawing to chew on her once more . |
| 19 | She had lost him for a while , at the party , but she 'd already been too drunk to worry . |