Example sentences of "be [adv prt] for a little " in BNC.

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1 Mm , either way though , I mean the thing is if they do , you , you would be in for a little bit of something , if you hung it out till be , to being redundant
2 ‘ Not really , dear , but she wo n't be over for a little while .
3 Yesterday , in Tokyo , she indicated that she may be around for a little while longer than expected .
4 We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding .
5 But Eric came back from a working holiday and Peter was out for a little while , was n't he ?
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