Example sentences of "[vb pp] he [prep] [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 3 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 4 | I have n't seen him for a while actually . |
| 5 | One friend of mine — I had n't seen him in a while , then one day I met him in school with my head covered , and he said : ‘ Yasmin , have you gone religious ? ’ |
| 6 | We have n't used him in a while . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She had lost him for a while , at the party , but she 'd already been too drunk to worry . |