Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the sun strikes their heads it plays for a while , scatters silver seed and dances away again , unnoticed . |
| 2 | Spread out the seaweed into the shape in which it is to be pressed while still in the water , then slowly lift it out of the basin , keeping it flat , let it drip for a while and then place it on a waterproof surface . |
| 3 | Rye stood out from most other towns in that it became for a while a Puritan ‘ Common Wealth ’ , a centre of social experiment and rigorous public morality under its two vicars , Joseph Beeton and his successor John Allen . |
| 4 | If only it holds for a while . ’ |
| 5 | He had it going for a while . |
| 6 | In that case could you keep it going for a while if you 're out of a job ? |
| 7 | It vanished for a while , but then shone brightly at them as the car reached the top of the small hill and again they shielded their eyes to look at it like actors on a stage . |
| 8 | It worked for a while . |
| 9 | Of course it subsided after a while but oh there were some storms then that winter . |