Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [art] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So do major prints by Sam Francis ( who lived and worked for a while in Japan ) . |
| 10 | He lit a cigarette and thought for a while . |
| 11 | Her father came up and listened for a while and then said that he thought it was all marvellous but he did n't understand a word of it . |
| 12 | He took the call and listened for a while . |
| 13 | Before Parr knocked on Jessica 's bedroom door , he stood outside and listened for a while . |
| 14 | We stopped the boat and drifted for a while , and the birds relaxed and moved back towards Bound Skerry the rock in a long line — which did the trick ! |
| 15 | When she had done all she could she went to the bathroom and wept for a while and found herself raging against her lodger for being young and clean and free of spirit and unsure because he had never faced death . |
| 16 | George Burley presently came into the dining car and spoke for a while to Nell , who subsequently went from table to table , clipboard in place , repeating what he 'd said . |
| 17 | She found a bookshop and browsed for a while . |
| 18 | There they lived their lives , and prospered for a while ; but there was a disquiet amongst them , for it was said that they had been created with a purpose in this life , and that the purpose had something to do with the manner of their creation . |
| 19 | When the show finally ended and the house lights came up , Lucy found herself a backstage corner and waited for a while longer . |
| 20 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 21 | It has always been I who have calmed her , though sometimes the Sweeper has come in the evening and stood for a while at her cage and she has calmed in his good presence . |
| 22 | Then he turned and stood for a while gazing out at the Pacific . |
| 23 | Wycliffe passed through the general office with a word to the two girls and stood for a while in the yard while the timber-lorry drove away and the big double doors were closed behind it . |
| 24 | Jahsaxa sat and pondered for a while . |
| 25 | The little boy slipped , fell on his lorry and whimpered for a while . |
| 26 | She sat down on the grass and stayed for a while , talking and laughing with the children in the quiet , sunny garden . |
| 27 | Meanwhile Angel Clare returned to his hotel , and sat for a while over breakfast , staring into space . |