Example sentences of "of [noun] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking . |
| 2 | It is fine to stay at this kind of level for a while . |
| 3 | He was a Conservative Member of Parliament for a while and then humiliatingly lost his seat to a Socialist . |
| 4 | He was in Belfast in 1990 , but two heart attacks put him out of action for a while . |
| 5 | The SIET hands out around £50,000 a year to young Scots who need help to get on and , often in the nature of things , to get out of Scotland for a while : some physics graduate from St Andrews who needs time at MIT , a violinist who needs to be at a foreign conservatoire . |
| 6 | But I did the whole of Orkney for a while I did everything that could be done . |
| 7 | Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment . |
| 8 | Will you take care of Carrie for a while ? |
| 9 | ‘ After nearly 30 years in show business , I have a great need of privacy for a while . |
| 10 | Others had been out of business for a while now . |
| 11 | Ibn Hajar merely says that alter having served as kadi of Bursa for a while , " he went to Konya and settled there " . |
| 12 | It stopped the initial rush of water for a while , but once the large depression around the barrier had filled , like a bowl filling before your eyes , the tide would roar on down the trough on the other side of the barrier . |
| 13 | ‘ I lost the feeling of love for a while . |
| 14 | A hasty burlesque of a trial exculpated Bothwell , but instead of keeping tactfully out of sight for a while he abducted the queen on the pretence of seeking to protect her . |
| 15 | With your mother chasing you , we 've got to keep you out of sight for a while . " |
| 16 | ‘ Sure and it 'll keep me out of mischief for a while . |
| 17 | ‘ Work on that , ’ he instructed , and added loftily , ‘ That should keep you out of mischief for a while . ’ |
| 18 | Our lack of experienced help showed up again on Sunday afternoon when we lost track of results for a while . |
| 19 | ‘ Besides which , it will get me out of Kinsai for a while , ’ Alexei observed ironically . |
| 20 | Cooking lunch for a guest might at least take her mind off the intractable problem of Samantha for a while . |
| 21 | Such was his disillusionment that he gave up the practice of medicine for a while and supported himself and his growing family by undertaking translation work , at the same time pursuing his chemical and botanical studies . |