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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a while to arrive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the time it takes for something or someone to reach a destination or to be completed.
Example: "The package took a while to arrive, but it was worth the wait."
Alternatives: "some time to get here" or "a bit of time to reach".
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The fact that it took a while to arrive made it all the more beautiful.
In many cases, noise inspectors can take a while to arrive.
However, the range of reviewing options available on Epinions may take a while to arrive on UK Shopping.com.
Everything cooked takes a while to arrive at your table, as if the creation of pizzas was more art than craft, which it is.
He has taken a while to arrive at the very highest level of the game and this is his first grand slam final.
It took Ms. Ringgold, now 68, a while to arrive at her story quilts, in which she has found a vigorous and audaciously offbeat voice.
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It may take a while to feel you've arrived.
Moving In Closer It happened so subtly that it took a while to notice, but gradually the refugees arrive in Palestine, and the story opens up.
Young, glamorous and well-connected they may have been but music took a while to gestate, a debut EP only arriving four years later (recorded under the direction of Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante, who was dating Kokal at the time).
It takes a while for permission to arrive, but arrive it does.
It has taken a while for Paddington Bear to arrive on the big screen.
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