Example sentences of "it for a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 2 | I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’ |
| 3 | The water for drinking they used to collect from the gutters and erm it used to go into big barrels and then they used to boil it for a long while . |
| 4 | A chap named , ooh , Harry , he used to keep it for a long while , and er then of course , th the post office was on the er , opposite side of the road to where it is now . |
| 5 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 6 | on it for a little while now . |
| 7 | and you 'll probably want to keep it for a little while ? |
| 8 | It 's exciting though when you get deep snow is n't it for a little while , yes ? |
| 9 | I should imagine that 's probably it for a little while , is n't it ? |