Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 2 | It was the funniest sight I 've seen for a long while , but hardly fair on the birds … . |
| 3 | It 's been the best bit of talent we 've , they 've seen for a long while ! |
| 4 | That it was erected , operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true . |
| 5 | He was about to leave the foundry and continue his journey when an apprentice came rushing in with the loveliest girl he had seen in a long while , and his heart seemed to stop . |
| 6 | It was a hell of a match , one of the best I 've seen in a long while ( live that is ) . |
| 7 | The precise outcome of these changes will not be known for a little while , but regrettably it will almost certainly result in a lower financial provision for IT and many other areas in the longer term , and quite probably a significant lower level of commitment to new grants in all areas in the current academic session , since the sharpest adjustment needs to be made for 1991/92 . |
| 8 | Fellow Hurricane PZ865 was grounded for a short while at Coningsby , while the Flight made every effort to meet their appearance commitments . |
| 9 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 10 | She clung to the picture of Mrs Rundle at home , for she had been a part of her home and the children had moored for a short while in the black harbour of her lap . |
| 11 | There the Millers may have lived for a short while . |
| 12 | Flattered for a little while , they soon begin to feel embarrassed or threatened by the powerful nature of the feeling that surrounds them . |
| 13 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 14 | has n't been one published for a long while . |