adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
stay
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Penetrate inside - stay awhile with guidebook raised - and you will find something calmly neoclassical, something wisely proportioned and cool.
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Jinju stayed awhile longer before climbing to her feet.
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So sit down and stay awhile .
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It may be difficult to discern at first glance, but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent.
take
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It took awhile to figure out what my uncle and my father were doing.
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That is unknown, but it would take awhile .
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Depending on the size of the boar, it will take awhile to cook, so begin early in the day.
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It took awhile , but eventually all three, the Administration, Transportation and Insurance departments, complied.
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He suffered a little stroke after his surgery and took awhile to recover.
wait
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I wait awhile , until they have all been seen to.
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There were five miles of return tramping to face, but they, too, could wait awhile .
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I waited awhile , then rang again.
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He waited awhile at the window observing traffic, women with dogs, leashed and unleashed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Gil stood at the window awhile , watching boats.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But if you rented a place to stay for awhile you would know.
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I waited awhile , then I rang again.
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I wanted to live awhile among those who had been part of his childhood and his last few years.
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Once you power them up and get a topic, what you see is people can glide for awhile on that topic.
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So sit down and stay awhile .