Sentence examples for given for a while from inspiring English sources

Some of the volunteers were given, for a while, the fierce and ineffective syphilis treatment of the time: injection with arsenic compounds and mercury ointment for the crusted ulcers on their skin.

And it's advice they have been giving for a while.

A score of 1 point was given for a correct answer (yes), while an incorrect answer (no) was given 0 points.

The fear was that South Africa, with a battery of four seamers, all of whom are used to the conditions here, might make much better use of the tools they were given and for a while it seemed the case.

He'd given up for a while, tried a few scripts that did not get anywhere, been on the dole.

There are other ways to tweak things — adding more songs to a "station" for the system to scrutinize, creating different stations based on other artists or songs, telling the service not to play a given song for a while.

After three months he seemed to be losing his high notes and, discouraged, gave up for a while.

So she gave up for a while and found a home in television comedy - watching TV is, she says without embarrassment, a favourite pastime - and produced among others the Channel 4 series Desmond's.

"I love acting, and I love narrative writing," Corden said of the things he might be giving up for a while.

I instantly gagged and the memory of it (unfortunately for my boyfriend) has put me off giving blowjobs for a while at least.

If your efforts are rejected don't keep persisting, give up for a while and maybe try again later.