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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a while and say" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "Let's sit for a while and say what we really think about the situation."
Alternatives: "take a moment and express" or "spend some time and discuss".
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I'd check my email once in a while and say 'Hey Mom, I'm alive.
I didn't want to leave it for a while and say I would put something in the bag in dribs and drabs.
'Hell, somebody's gotta come up once in a while and say bollocks to all that mainstream, glamour stuff.' One feels, though, that fashion photography is no longer enough for Terry Richardson, that the rush he got from recording, then displaying, his own X-rated reality show will be both a catalyst for his already hyperactive creative imagination, and a hard(core) act to follow.
Just remember to drop by the office every once in a while and say hi.
But the private sector is still going to sit back for a while and say, "I want to understand where this is going first," and I think that's understandable.
And the director, Guggenheim, wanted to have – sort of give people a little break every once in a while and say, okay, you don't have to absorb this information, you can just sort of – and it was more the personal side of Al Gore's life or how it connected to the theme of the film.
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He thought for a while, and said, I'll do colors.
He thought a while and said he'd be over and lend a hand himself.
The plumber works for a while and says, "I fixed it; that will be $1,000".
Advancing down the road from Niniveh Death paused a while and said 'Now listen here.
He gazed at them for a while and said, "It must be a beautiful sight, if you can't read".
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