Example sentences of "for a [adj] while [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | away for a wee while again . |
| 2 | Keep you out of mischief for a wee while again . |
| 3 | And that 'll get the inside of that sorted out for a wee while again young William . |
| 4 | Th keep that going for a wee while again . |
| 5 | ‘ The front door is locked now but the caretaker will let you out at the back , so you 'll be welcome to stay for a wee while longer . |
| 6 | But now I 'm just deciding I 'll live off invalidity benefit for a wee while longer , leaving that in the hands of my my managing director and somebody else and the money that 's coming through from the Queen and whatever I 'm just gon na live on invalidity benefit , I 'm only drawing invalidity benefit , I 'm not gon na get any more money than invalidity benefit . |
| 7 | There we are , that 'll keep you going for a wee while longer James . |
| 8 | Well it 's alright for a while but that 's alright for a wee while now . |
| 9 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 10 | Others had been saying that nobody wore the Party badge any longer in Munich and that ‘ for a long while not a single person had believed anything the Führer had said ’ . |
| 11 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 12 | Yet there are also brief moments of recovery , moments of gratified desire and a coming to life : ‘ on this abandoned divan , I shall inhale for a long while still the earthy , vegetal smell which the faun left behind ; then , in the morning , wakened at dawn , I shall fling myself into the delicious air ’ ( p. 104 ) . |
| 13 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 14 | Carolyn Sherwood-Call at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco reckons the state will ‘ bump along ’ at the bottom for a good while yet . |
| 15 | Thus , there 's the tip-toeing blues of ‘ Last Swallow ’ which allows Justin 's spruced-up Nick Cave intonation to give a would-be sea shanty a good kicking and suggests the Westies ' imagination is sufficient to keep them running for a good while yet . |
| 16 | Thus , there 's the tip-toeing blues of ‘ Last Swallow ’ which allows Justin 's spruced-up Nick Cave intonation to give a would-be sea shanty a good kicking and suggests the Westies ' imagination is sufficient to keep them running for a good while yet . |
| 17 | ‘ Though we 'll need to keep an eye on you for a good while afterwards and replenish your fluids thoroughly . |
| 18 | Yesterday , in Tokyo , she indicated that she may be around for a little while longer than expected . |
| 19 | And although I am now tired , very cold and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain ! — I am compelled to continue for a little while longer . |
| 20 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 21 | For a little while longer his health held up sufficiently for him to plunder one more shrine , at Rocamadour , and then at Martel , on 11 June , he died . |
| 22 | Somehow , we drew strength from each other , enough to stave off death for a little while longer . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you should stay with Julius for a little while longer ? ’ suggested her mother hopefully . |
| 24 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 25 | I can keep Rainbow in my sights for a little while longer . |
| 26 | So I decide to hold my peace for a little while longer . |
| 27 | ‘ Sit beside me on the bed , just for a little while longer , until I get to sleep ? ’ |
| 28 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 29 | ‘ All right , then , I 'll come — for a little while anyway . ’ |
| 30 | So , we think for a little while ahead you should go to a school where you 'll be looked after ; I mean , where you can sleep , and where he wo n't get at you . ’ |