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Discover LudwigThe phrase "it extended for a while" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a duration of time during which something continued or lasted.
Example: "The meeting was supposed to last an hour, but it extended for a while due to the lengthy discussions."
Alternatives: "it lasted for some time" or "it continued for a period.".
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Its life was extended for a while by the post-war popularity of the drive-in cinema, but it finally succumbed to television and the inexorable disappearance of locally owned independent movie houses.
To the southwest of the Aurès a fortified zone completed the frontier defensive system, or limes, which extended for a while as far as Castellum Dimmidi (Messad), the most southerly fort in Roman Algeria yet identified.
Notably, the positive effects of cystamine extend for a while beyond its washout unless the autophagic response is abrogated or CFTR function is inhibited by the functional CFTR inhibitor 172 (CFTRinh-172) during cystamine washout.
Then, midway, she turned the song over to Mr. Clarke, who extended it for a while with a remix, teasing the crowd that this party, already running two and a half decades late, might just go on forever.
Coulson was ruled out for the season with a cruciate ligament injury, while Kearns' loan was extended for a further two months.
The fishery has had its MSC accreditation extended for six months while the objections are investigated.
The council agreed that James's tenancy could be extended for six months while it found a more permanent solution.
A moratorium banning the installation of television satellite dishes in La Canada Flintridge has been extended for 10 months while the city fashions an ordinance to restrict proliferation of the large, bowl-shaped antennas in highly visible spots.
After lowering the pH of the solutions to 4.2, the incubation was extended for 1.5 h while recording the absorbance at 340 nm at 1 min intervals.
The latter overshoot for ANP was apparent for less than a day, while for BNP, it extended to 3 days before declining.
Some were garrison forts in the frontier region, which again seems to have extended, at least for a while, south of the Aurès and then northward from Tubunae to Saldae.
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