Sentence examples for a while and after from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a while and after" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to attempt to express a sequence of time but lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "I will finish my work, and then I will take a break for a while and after that, I will go for a walk."
Alternatives: "for a while and then" or "after some time".

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There have been underlying feelings between the two for a while, and after Delaney's almost death, both of them struggle with the awkward feelings.

He mulled over my question for a while, and after a long pause said that in his line of work, "You have to be able to take shit".

She was reminded that she told police that she had noticed "a slight change for a while and after a time things went back to normal".

"They would say, 'You killed her!' So after a while and after so much pressure, I accepted it and said what they wanted".

If I could get hired to do that job, I would quit film-making for a while and after I'd put about 60 or 70 of these hedge-fund bankers in jail, then I'd go back to making some movies.

Good art makes you see the world differently, at least for a while, and after seeing Mr. diCorcia's new "Heads," for the next few hours you won't pass another person on the street in the same absent way.

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Look at Ross Perot -- he was rock star for a while, and then after a while people said, hey, he's kind of crazy".

And after a while and to his surprise, he found that he liked his transsexual patients.

But after a while, and après YouTube, not so much.

It starts to feel really personal after a while and is wearing and depressing.

It can be seen that particles agglomerate after a while and continue to settle in clumps.

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