The phrase "a while to enter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something takes a certain amount of time before it can be accessed or engaged with.
Example: "It took a while to enter the building due to the security checks."
Alternatives: "some time to access" or "a moment to get in".
On one side of the street is Cibreo Caffe, perfect for an aperitif, while to enter the restaurant itself, you must pass through the Cibreo Delicatessen, stacked with truffles, olive oil and other irresistible delica cies.
Sean Young was arrested after an altercation with a security guard while trying to enter an Academy Awards after-party, police said Monday.
Arrested in July 2009 at a checkpoint while attempting to enter the West Bank, the 25-year-old has been detained under the controversial Israeli "Unlawful Combatants Law", which allows for Palestinians to be arrested without charge or trial for an unlimited time.
A long corridor leads to a large room where patrons sit and drink bottled water -- or alcoholic beverages they bring in -- and watch the naked women on a stage while waiting to enter one of eight rooms, four on either side of the corridor.
The first resulted in one officer being shot while attempting to enter a German trench, while the second resulted in another being shot by an Australian sentry who had not been warned that a patrol had gone out.
Case (A) describes a challenge IKEA was facing, while trying to enter Russia in 2000.
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PAGE A4 SCUFFLE AT UNITED NATIONS Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey was apparently pushed by a United Nations guard while demanding to enter the General Assembly hall through the wrong entrance, according to diplomats and United Nations officials.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was apparently pushed by a United Nations guard while demanding to enter the General Assembly hall through the wrong entrance on Friday, according to diplomats and United Nations officials.
A10 Immigrant Deaths Investigated Some of the eight people who died in a shipping container while trying to enter Ireland appear to have been from Turkey and may have been in the airless metal box for up to eight days, the police said.
