a while that # 11_1KI_17_07 # And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 
a while that # 09_1SA_09_27 # [And] as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, [and he passed on,] but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.