Sentence examples for a while and gone from inspiring English sources

And train journeys, which I find both exciting and slightly sad, inevitably call out the first half of a poem by RS Thomas, The Bright Field: I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it.

"Close the bar for a while and go far away.

He cried for a while and went to sleep.

Even so, it's fun to break out once in a while and go where impulse dictates.

"Everyone who has entered Iraq until now will stay for a while and go away, but we will stay".

When he came to, he tried to clean up a little, but left off after a while and went to sleep.

"If we're really close and it's near the end-year, maybe we'll just close down for a while and go on vacation," she said.

"I lived with my step-nan for a while and went to a special school where they could tailor the work to my level.

Even the most hard-edged network shows tend to surrender to expectations after a while and go soft, diluting their power with mawkish sentimentality and romantic subplots.

'I wish I had family in the UK to visit, stay with once in a while and go to in times of need.

(R) When I'm reading, I stop once in a while and go over what I have read.