Example sentences of "only for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only for a short while , Father , ’ the young priest rejoined . |
| 2 | I have given my consent , intending to gratify her wishes in this respect only for a short while . |
| 3 | When I was sitting in that corridor there was one of the tutors on the phone , only for a short while |
| 4 | It 's only for a little while . |
| 5 | Stay , if only for a little while . ’ |
| 6 | The two of them had once shared a mistress in Lewisham , but only for a little while . |