Example sentences of "and for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were carrying light loads because it was our last day but we averaged about 25kph with ease , and for a long while . |
| 2 | These articles are addressed to practitioners and for a long while I have been urging practitioners towards a greater involvement in the education of the profession 's next generation . |
| 3 | He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak . |
| 4 | And for a little while this morning I 'd like us to look briefly at four , very simple answers to that question . |
| 5 | The Congress of Vienna returned Danzig to the Prussians , and for a short while it functioned as the administrative capital of West Prussia , with a corresponding growth in civil servants and officials . |