Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for [art] while " in BNC.

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1 Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’
2 Soon the fine weather would come , she would be able to take rides along the coast road , get away for a while from the interminable drawing-room meetings and card calling that wearied and bored her .
3 The young woodlice hatch in this pouch and stay there for a while .
4 In the event she did neither , but lay there for a while wondering what Johnny was doing , hidden away from her behind time 's misty barrier .
5 Laughing , she managed to reassure him , and when the dance was over , he said , ‘ Come outside for a while .
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