Example sentences of "and [verb] for a while " in BNC.
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| 1 | They emerge and merge , co-operate and co-ordinate for a while , but they have a relatively short active lifetime . |
| 2 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 3 | He felt mercifully isolated and stopped for a while to lean back on the lower bank of fell . |
| 4 | Intimacy with God , with each other , and with the neighbourhood in which we lived , following the example of Jesus in John 1:14 : ‘ The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us . ’ |
| 5 | Karelius awoke that morning at half-past six , and lay for a while thinking about Fräulein Müller . |
| 6 | And I shall picture all those thousands of appreciative ducks — and swans and waders — in their safe winter quarters ; and forget for a while ‘ the troubles of the world . ’ |
| 7 | Maybe if she could just curl up on her bed and sleep for a while she 'd feel better . |
| 8 | They feel cold , and rest and cry for a while , and then mount the cleared table . |
| 9 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 10 | I knew it would be wiser to settle down and chat for a while , and drop my question casually into the conversation , but I could n't wait . |
| 11 | She contrasted this unfavourably with the simple needs of the Masai and tried for a while to live on their diet of milk and maize meal . |
| 12 | ‘ Attend you gallant Irishmen and listen for a while |
| 13 | Sometimes the little boy climbed from his cot and played for a while indoors , though more usually he toddled out on to the terrace , in search of her and a drink |
| 14 | It has even been mistakenly argued that at some point during the 1320s he fled to Paris and studied for a while at the Sorbonne . |
| 15 | I 'll have a bath and go to bed and read for a while . |
| 16 | A moment later their glances met and , disturbingly , Fabia suddenly experienced a moment of confusion , and forgot for a while that he had not answered her question . |
| 17 | Mr Sowerberry rubbed his chin and thought for a while . |
| 18 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 19 | ‘ Can I sit with you and sunbathe for a while ? |
| 20 | And so Felix offered to take over the wheel and drive for a while . |
| 21 | And lead him out to the Waiting Room where he 's allowed to linger and holler for a while before we ferry him back to the night . |
| 22 | ’ Turn the phetam over to the Fedpol and disappear for a while Maybe out on the Rim Beyond the Rim . ’ |
| 23 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 24 | He stood and watched for a while but everything connected with seamanship is so majestically slow that he began to feel guilty of time wasting while the little vessel was still being manoeuvred through the gap . |
| 25 | So do major prints by Sam Francis ( who lived and worked for a while in Japan ) . |
| 26 | I accepted his just criticism in the manner of Shostakovich , and concentrated for a while on eating . |
| 27 | The story continues with an account of how the next day when he started to get upset Little Turtle remembered what the tortoise had told him so he closed his eyes , pulled in his arms close to his body , put his head down so his chin rested against his chest , and rested for a while , until he knew what to do . |
| 28 | She could relax with them and pretend for a while that she was still one of them . |
| 29 | He lit a cigarette and thought for a while . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to sit down and rest for a while ? ’ she suggested . |