How To Use For a while In A Sentence
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Now, gentlemen, standing up here before you, I feel a good deal like Pat, and maybe after Ive spieled along for a while, I may feel so darn small that Ill be able to crawl into a Pullman hammock with no trouble at all, at all!
Chapter 14
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Running her tiny fingers on the keyboard, Ksemya plays such melodious music that the after-effect lingers on for a while.
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Then again, kitty probably avulsed a a claw or two and was sore for a while.
Because I Am a Bad Bad Person… « Whatever
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Prices have been stable for a while, but they are beginning to edge up again now.
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According to John Ralson, who apparently has some sort of Avatar-like connection to all living things in the Silver State, Berkley had been weighing the decision for a while but ultimately decided that the opportunity was too good to pass up.
HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Passes Budget, Catastrophe Postponed
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You could tell just by the way they acted; the kid had been fobbed off on them for a while.
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They're usually the ones who've been around for a while, and they usually manage with the barest minimum of speaker support.
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There was a strained silence for a while and then in the distance there was a clap of thunder.
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He plans to play for a while yet, do some media work and get his coaching badges.
Times, Sunday Times
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Hayes, now a professor of film in New England, blossomed under the master's tutelage, producing crisp, witty dialogue, and for a while the two were close.
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For a while she became an underwear model for Lejaby, but her big break came when she landed the job as hostess in the TV gameshow Wheel of Fortune.
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With the line now unsnarled, I suggest we switch places - I'll pole for a while, Hiaasen can fish.
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Let him cool his heels for a while: that'll teach him to be impolite.
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I think I'll go and lie down for a while.
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We met in a chatroom and just flirted online for a while.
The Sun
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I probably could have gotten away with it for a while, but I got ratted on by some bootlicker at work who spotted me at this junkyard.
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Then there was a hail storm that took us off air for a while.
The Sun
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We're definitely moving in a positive direction, but each time we make a leap to a new level of functionality, things get more complicated and fractured and difficult for a while.
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We came back to mine for a while and mum didn't mind that she was here. she was actually really nice and asked her about her exams and things, it was good. .mum even invited her to stay for dinner!!! but she had to go home, her own parents were expecting her home .... i missed her as oon as she left.
Fragile-liar Diary Entry
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I puttered around for a while, cleaning up the kitchen.
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Matron allowed me to come too, for a while, to watch, pirouette around and drink a thimbleful of ginger wine.
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Rain had drizzled down, over west London for most of the match, but afterwards, the rain faded away, and left a fresh, clear edge to the air - so I suggested that we walk around for a while, before heading homewards.
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For a while now a ferocious battle has been going on for the soul of our bit of London.
Times, Sunday Times
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They chattered away happily for a while.
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Perhaps it comes down to a pathological lack of self-doubt and a gift for lending that trait to others, at least for a while.
Times, Sunday Times
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While skintight leather leggings have been en vogue for a while, fashion editors and stylists are now wearing looser, tailored styles.
Times, Sunday Times
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For a while, an hour and a half, though she did not know it, until the men came in from the fields trailing dust and slapping their stomachs, Rupban clutched Cheepy-cheepy's limp and bony neck and said only "Coming, coming" to all inquiries about the bird.
Excerpt: Brick Lane by Monica Ali
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Looking up, he saw Evander who was looking straight into the distance at the land that would not be seen for a while longer.
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The zombies clawed at the motorcade for a while, but you know how it is when you're playing to an empty hall - your performance is bound to lack conviction.
Courageous park police save Lincoln Memorial from zombies
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Samsung, which for a while supported four different operating systems including its own, called bada, as well as Symbian, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, and Android, has quietly shifted its focus almost exclusively to the Android over the past few months, so that roughly 80% of the phones its ships run on it.
Software Rules at Spain's Phone Confab
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Don't panic about the low sales - let it ride for a while till we see if business picks up.
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If so, do you need to consider putting some furniture into storage for a while?
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She strummed for a while, glanced at Betsy with a teasing smile and began to sing.
ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
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I pay and you leach, that is why he is prez for a while, T-minus 31 months and counting.
Naplesnews.com Stories
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That argument went in circles for a while before petering out in non-resolution.
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For a while last year they had a heckelphone on their second-hand list for a little over £20 000.
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It's pretty much a rule of politics that when a party has been out of power for a while it is willing to tolerate a decent amount of ideological impurity in its presidential candidate.
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When these lie wet for a while on a white pavement they leave a clear imprint of their shape behind them.
Times, Sunday Times
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Now, Labour is sorely divided too, but success and power tend to concentrate minds, at least for a while.
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Roger Hopley, a sheep and arable farmer in Staffordshire, said: ‘This is the first fine day for a while, and the lads have a week's work to catch up on, so it's been quieter.’
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We made a deliberate decision to live apart for a while.
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About the time of hibernation a few tunnies or other hibernating fishes are caught while swimming about, in particularly warm localities and in exceptionally fine weather, or on nights of full moon; for the fishes are induced (by the warmth or the light) to emerge for a while from their lair in quest of food.
The History of Animals
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Like, oh, it's going to be kind of bloggy and MP3-ey for a while.
The Decade In Music: How Musicians Create
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We watched for a while with a brew and a ciggy to calm our nerves.
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I know nothing about him except that he knocked about South Africa for a while.
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Maybe take a vacation to Disneyworld for Barn and then a condo on Myrtle Beach for a while.
THE SERPENT'S MARK
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Such verdicts did not have an immediate impact, and for a while Arsenal's play was smooth but lacking a contrasting pointedness in the penalty area.
Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea | Premier League match report
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The recent massacre in Acteal has forced the government to shake off its stupor, at least for a while.
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I have been saying this for a while now, specifically in the context of Pakistan, that instead of trying to present a ‘moderate’ picture of Islam as is the fashion and which is fallacious by the way, we must in explicit terms denounce Islam.
Women Erased in Israel, Flogged in Pakistan and Restricted in Afghanistan - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
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For a while now a ferocious battle has been going on for the soul of our bit of London.
Times, Sunday Times
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Vegas has been a touchstone for a while of squalid stupid behavior, and the “what happens in Vegas” catch-phrase/marketing gimmick is definitely one of those things that has national saturation.
THE HANGOVER Unrated Blu-ray Review – Collider.com
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Meanwhile, to hold you for a while, here's the latest wonder painted for me by Jen Haley: a crossbowman's pavise in 54mm scale.
Four More Miniatures
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For a while, words escaped me and I couldn't imagine what to say.
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While skintight leather leggings have been en vogue for a while, fashion editors and stylists are now wearing looser, tailored styles.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm going to scout around for a while and make sure there aren't any thieves.
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Just gonna wear this cape for a while.
Times, Sunday Times
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A: Sometimes a small amount of fuel will slosh out of the fuel-filler tube before the gas pump's automatic shutoff kicks in, and it can produce enough fumes to be smelly for a while.
Me & My Car
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He eyed me curiously with amusement, ‘For a while there you sounded like a mother hen clucking over her chick.’
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You may show some public sympathy and support him for a while, but in the end he has to go.
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She is all he needs to take care of for a while, and as he tucks her in and makes her take her vitamins and listens to the self-help tapes with her, he wonders why he has never realized how satisfying home can be, but she does get better and puts on pretty dresses and has the long blonde hair cut into a belling pageboy bob.
Addicts
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I felt homesick for a while, but then, after about four or five days, I started to love it.
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Myself, I spectated for a while out of the window, bemused and amused, an interloper at someone else's surprise party.
Ballspenden
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He plans to play for a while yet, do some media work and get his coaching badges.
Times, Sunday Times
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While skintight leather leggings have been en vogue for a while, fashion editors and stylists are now wearing looser, tailored styles.
Times, Sunday Times
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The line was fuzzed over with static for a while, then it came back.
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There are no waymarks for a while, which is irritating on a permissive path.
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He worked for a while in a funeral parlour, and then on a cattle ranch.
Times, Sunday Times
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I shove the book back into my bag and stare into space for a while.
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Graham asked, glad that she must still talk for a while, enabling him to study the quick dazzlement of smile that played upon her face.
CHAPTER X
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Local malfeasant with cartoon middle name such as "the librarian", "the landscape gardener" or "the ticket inspector" botches a hit and has to get out of town for a while.
2010 – a Mourinho of a year, a special one | Kevin McKenna
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For a while, the Treasury can temporize with creative accounting, shifting money from one pile to another, and the like.
The Debt Ceiling Fiasco
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If you can tie up your money for a while, fixed-term accounts tend to pay more.
Times, Sunday Times
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For a while the euro was very good, oui?
Times, Sunday Times
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This law has been around for a while (2005) (because I remember the BMV opening on their closed day in the past for people to come get id's before an election.)
Blitzer: Court ruling could have huge impact at the polls
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For a while there was some reduction in the level of corruption, but indiscipline continued unabated.
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Meanwhile, this morning, the Complaint Department brought me a glitterball, which was both a lovely gesture and made me realize that she has been increasingly anhedonic for a while now.
And the boys of the nypd choir were singing galway bay
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Fresh walnuts are simply walnuts that have been recently picked from the tree, as opposed to walnuts that have been stored for a while, causing their insides to shrivel and dry up.
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Flash I was saddled with 'Hologram' for a while, in respect of my annoying habit of disappearing instantly on a run ashore and reappearing magically in camp tucked up in bed minus speech, faculties and an workable digestive system teuchter. it means country folk.
Army Rumour Service
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Alex looked at the blank cover for a while before opening the book and smiling.
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Belfrage was silent for a while, then inserted the probe once more.
THE ENDLESS GAME
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It's been like this for a while and they always look shifty around each other.
The Sun
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Baking it helped me use up some things I might not otherwise have used for a while, like raw flaked almonds and condensed milk.
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The muscles will continue to work for a while with less oxygen, but in doing so, make a product called lactic acid.
Coping with Angina
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That sort of behaviour could get her flogged, or at the vest least locked in a pillory for a while.
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His eyes began to moisten and all he could manage was a crackly, ‘We should talk for a while?’
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They spoke together in their own rough language for a while before Rastif brought Sanchen over to them.
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This exhibition of what is essentially downtown art—physically and intellectually scratchy—in Knoedler's tweedily uptown space should put a happy end to that question for a while.
Feats of Rock, Paint & Clay
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I splashed along in the warmish Tasman Sea and just let the sea breeze blow through my soul for a while. Very healing.
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You said a lifetime, but stay for a while.
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the baby was quiet for a while
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For a minute she was angry - to weep and wail and moan at a time like this, when the true victims needed to live on borrowed strength for a while.
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He decided to lie low for a while after the report came out.
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There was absolute silence for a while, then a feather-light touch on my hair.
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That, overall, has been far less painful than my * back* was, but between weight loss and having not been to a chiro in over a year and not felt like I/needed/to go, and the once-gone ability to pop my lower back now returned, the ache from the lift is annoying enough that I'm going to try walking around for a while without it and see if I'm healed. miles to Isengard: 338
Slow on the uptake
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She sat with them for a while, chatting in a friendly and motherly way.
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After that everything took on a kind of red hallucinatory nimbus and he became uncertain of events for a while.
THE LONGEST WAY HOME
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I'm afraid that this is just a taster of what has been going on this term chez miglior acque but I admit I'll have to cool it for a while.
Books Books Books
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The back wheel sounds like a baby's rattle and the mechs have been slowly rotting for a while now.
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With due respect to your person I kindly wish to ask for your attention and consideration just for a while.
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For a while the children behaved well but they soon reverted to type .
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I had purple hair for a while, but blue suits me better.
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That idea had been around for a while but was too odd to devote the time to complete it.
The Sun
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Sucksmith wor reight gaumless for a while, but he says, "What is ther to laff at?
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
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For a while, a plan for a harbour mole sat on the drawing board, but when the Armed Constabulary were transferred out of town, all shipping stopped.
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The chairman stated that the company is back on track, but that line has been around for a while and investors do not seem to be buying it.
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Stop still for a while and listen carefully.
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I just thought I wouldn't have to look at your ugly mug again for a while.
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Once they have been out at sea for a while and it is time to head inland, they are decidedly picky about a river's condition.
Times, Sunday Times
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They sat in silence for a while, both of them sipping their firewater.
CORMORANT
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‘It was an idea I'd had for a while to make a CD of local unsigned musicians and give the profits to charity; and I realised if I wanted to do I should just get on with it,’ said Dave.
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For a while, chaos and confusion reigned.
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We had split for a while but got back together and were really happy.
The Sun
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I found it in Alton Brown's I'm Just Here For More Food, a book I have owned for a while but have been trying to utilize more ever since I discovered that the #10 chocolate chip cookies contained within are really good.
Archive 2009-04-01
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Her father, who had worn a cap all his life, considered the mortar board for a while and then asked for his own cap back.
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He recognized nothing for a while, then suddenly he saw the signpost for the Pan-American.
DESPERADOES
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The dogs chase him for a while: one is red, with short stumpy legs and long hair.
A MEANS TO EVIL
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Put an item down in price for a while then instead of removing the special offer and showing the old presale price, simply put a new, higher price on the item.
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The pro-Tiger Diaspora still dreams of the map of Tamil Eelam which is brandished at all demonstrations and will continue to be for a while.
Kottu
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| 1 hour, 9 minutes ago (3 minutes after post) | 1 hour, 3 minutes ago (8 minutes after post) u need a descaler .. then boil water i the tea pot for a while to make sure u get rid of it all
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They Sported for a while, and then went to bed.
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We had split for a while but got back together and were really happy.
The Sun
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I ordered the macintosh jacket I've been wanting for a while now.
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Stirring it around for a while, she then dished it up into a big bowl, put water into both her cooking pots, and took her dinner out onto the roof, where she ate among the stars.
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This could be one of the last free midweeks we have for a while to look at one or two.
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OK, so I've been saying for a while that I'm going to write an international thriller in which Michelangelo is found to have hidden a secret message in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or something.
Archive 2006-08-01
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You must have been playing this ‘ignorance is bliss’ game for a while now if you believe that we all have equal rights and opportunities here.
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Tuck in, it's the last hot food you'll get for a while.
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And I invite her every morning into the Oval Office to stay for a while.
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After talking for a while, we went in search for a place to eat lunch - it's not as if there was a dearth of such places.
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The ash tray was getting crowded when I decided there was no percentage in doing any more worrying for a while.
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I kept on sleeping indoors for a while since I was embarrassed to go to bed in public.
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He sits there for a while, as if wondering whether or not to go back to bed, then opens his beak for an experimental chirrup.
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I drove along the street I was on for a while and pulled off to the side and parked my car.
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I decided I'd redecorate it later; I could live with this for a while.
RESCUING ROSE
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The film 's hokum is fun for a while, but soon grows dull.
Times, Sunday Times
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By this I am indicating that a soft currency may be acceptable for a while - the question is: For how long?
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For a while it was an impossible aspiration, distant and somehow not for people like us - like a stereo or shagpile carpet, but when the time came that they felt confident enough to entertain, pâté would be as proud on the menu as the bottle of Bull's Blood, chambreeing gently on the coffee-table.
How to make pâté
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I plan on rubbing this in for a while as an object lesson to others who consider a career as an ill-bred shill.
Sen. Bob Bennett (R, UT) will not be re-elected. | RedState
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For a while, she didn't know what to do; she passed through the days listlessly, her mind not dwelling on any one subject for too long.
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Better than house-sitting, in that you have no responsibilities, more interesting than a self-catered property or serviced apartment because the owner's possessions, their style, their touch and their personality remain, One Fine Stay's service essentially lets you borrow a posh house and pretend its yours for a while.
One Fine Stay in London
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He moved on to the waterfront, ran the rackets for a while, then some stoolie got him sent up the river.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 – The Bleat.
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A back injury prevented active participation in any sports for a while.
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The name Fogarty disappeared for a while when the company was taken over by Coloroll, but a management buy-out means that the Fogarty name is back, and duvets and pillows are still made in Boston.
Creature Feature 1
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For a while they followed a mountain stream edged with a lacy purfle of winter's last ice.
Pawns and Symbols
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An old worker spread his padded coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
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Often this foreign gene, called a transgene, restores the missing function for a while and then unexpectedly goes silent.
Health News from Medical News Today
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We always have to make frequent stops so that M can take a loo break and stretch his legs for a while.
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This problem has been driving me nuts for a while now because I can't for the life of me think of a possible example showing this kind of metathesis in the onset of a pre-IE verb stem.
Archive 2008-07-01
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Daniel pondered for a while and brooded over his coffee.
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You told them to dump the body in the bay, where it wouldn't be found for a while.
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Sitting there silently for a while I took in the view of the ocean, and the salt air that carried with it the sharp smell of cut grass.
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We batted back and forth the plan for a while, but in the end decided against it as we hadn't enough money.
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While she didn't have a problem with alcohol, she admits she had an unhealthy attitude to eating for a while.
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I decided I'd redecorate it later; I could live with this for a while.
RESCUING ROSE
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So send the children out for another whizz around the shops and indulge yourself for a while.
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Then it will be nil by mouth for a while.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm going to be in huddled in the corner for a while now ...
Crying Now...
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I'm on the wagon for a while. Cleaning out my system.
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They Sported for a while, and then went to bed.
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Martial, left, can be quiet for a while but then suddenly spurt into life.
Times, Sunday Times
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I haven't been contributing for a while so have largely ignored the small pot that life has allowed me to amass.
Times, Sunday Times
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Then I bummed around town for a while, having a really relaxing time drinking cold drinks and watching the people, and enjoying just sitting back and actually being in Canberra again.
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For a while, all I could think of was picking at the welting on the arm of my chair.
As Husbands Go
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For a while Marx lived an isolated existence, unconnected with any organized political group.
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Ive found louise and she's living with another abuser plus there's stuff going on here that's doing my head in. lou looks like cill trevelyan and she was married to one of cills rapists for a while. she says there's things mum kept to herself to save the family embarrassment and I want to know what they are.
Disordered Minds
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Inevitably, I'm now pooped, so I'm going to kick back on the sofa and read/doze for a while. Of course, as usual, what I really need is a good massage across my shoulders and back.
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After all the travelling is done with for a while and Frost is settled back at home, he plans to revive a sleeping dragon.
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The hoopla surrounding a wedding can be pretty distracting for a while, but eventually you will get home from the honeymoon and reality will be waiting for you.
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By way of an introduction thought I'd post a polemic piece that I've been knocking about for a while.
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Things hadn't been good between us for a while and this incident just brought it to a head.
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Actually, we haven't encountered any problem bringing limited amounts of produce into the country .... for a while they were kind of torqued about meat products.
Weather in Late November
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The leaders stand silent for a while near the veranda, then one of them whispers a few words in broken "biche la mar," describing what he wants to buy -- knives, cartridges, powder, tobacco, pipes, matches, calico, beads.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific
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She was a student revolutionary for a while but now she's reverted to type. I saw her in a Mercedes the other day.
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With broadcasters still apparently unwilling to take the pronunciation of the volcano's name, the stackup at airports continues, and New York-JFK is one of the places that might have a lot of folks staying over for a while.
Statesman.com - Highschool
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The sheep person helped her off; and they stood throwing each other sentences all sprightful and sagacious for a while.
Heart of the West [Annotated]
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Will it incommode you if I use your computer for a while?
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Then there was a hail storm that took us off air for a while.
The Sun
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They were silent for a while, watching the men who continued to search the sherd ruck.
THE MARSHAL AND THE MURDERER
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Not once but several times has the libertine Neptune scandalously seduced punts and dinghies from the respectable precincts of Brammo Bay, and having philandered with them for a while, cynically abandoned them with a bump on the mainland beach, and only once has he sent a punt in return — a poor, soiled, tar-besmirched, disorderly waif that was reported to the police and reluctantly claimed.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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Earlier, strong gusts of wind had come funnelling through the valley and it felt for a while like they might threaten to disrupt proceedings.
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The novel was called unfilmable for a while though.
Wolfgang Peterson To Direct Live-Action Film of Paprika? | /Film
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He grew up in Nicaragua, lived for a while in Guatemala, and now he is dedicated to his paintings in Aix et à Marseille.
Global Voices in English » Guatemala: For Some Artists, Picasso was Wrong
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Please stay and visit with me for a while.
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He just stood there for a while, and then bent his massive body over to get the bill when he thought no one was looking.
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“But thy ambition must go to sleep for a while, Scharfgerichter, for the stuff that came hither to-day is for dungeon and cord, or perhaps a touch of the rack or strappado — there is no honor to win on them.”
Anne of Geierstein
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Yes, only I disremembered for a while," said Mary Jane solemnly.
Mary Jane—Her Visit
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An old worker spread his padded coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
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In the video, he gets chased around by a gangster for a while and then celebrates getting away by having a bit of a boogie on a stage.
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So I sat and flew my tiny little kite for a while and watched the much bigger inflatables and other kites fill the sky above.
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The documentary obviously wanted to know why he did it, but for a while it looked as if the question would be unanswerable.
Times, Sunday Times
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The fair profession that grows over an unhumbled heart "dureth for a while," but does not endure to the end.
The Parables of Our Lord
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But often one sip of spirits or a few puffs of a cigarette are enough to satisfy their curiosity for a while at least.
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We sat on the bed talking for a while and throwing a little bouncy ball back and forth when finally the phone rang.
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Can we kick the ball around for a while?
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The short cuts work for a while.
Times, Sunday Times
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We hadn't done any painting or coloring for a while.
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For a while, there - while the information overload of my new computer/Internet toys was dominating, in the 1980s and 1990s - the trip to the bookstore was just too much time to take away from my precious telescreen.
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And for a while the charm threatened to dissolve into kitsch.
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Please sit down for a while.
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We'll make wild guesses for a while and then, if all else fails, we'll open this envelope that has all the answers.
