Example sentences of "i think [prep] [art] while " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Let me think for a while . ’ |
2 | I thought for a while . |
3 | " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said . |
4 | I thought for a while and said that the only thing I could think of was that the British government did not — although it would have been slow to admit it — at that moment cut much ice with the South African government , but the United States government cut considerable ice . |
5 | I thought for a while that the information would just go on accumulating from here on in , but thank God it 's already begun dropping off . |
6 | ‘ I thought for a while , when you drove past Lubor and me at lunchtime the next day and looked so angry , that my dinner appointment with you might be off , ’ she felt safe in commenting . |
7 | But then I thought on a while and raised my finger . |
8 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |