Example sentences of "him for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 2 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 3 | The General , perhaps to make his point , informed Aitken of the authoritative report that the government had received and offered to lend it to him for a short while . |
| 4 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 5 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So that perhaps will interest him for a little while . |
| 8 | Well Chris says he 's got ta keep in with him for a little while , he said he |