51.   A. Steam clean the carpet, using as little steam as possible, because it will take a while to dry out.

52.   According to agency legend, the secretary could speak Greek, but her duties were limited because it took a while to get phones installed.

53.   After leaving Southern, Jacoby took a while to realize how much pressure he had felt.

54.   All this will take a while.

55.   Bureaucratic institutions being what they are, it will take a while for the Fulton County government to process my application.

56.   But although Mell left the commercial-art world, it took a while for commercial art to leave Mell.

57.   Building winners usually takes a while, especially when losing is just as stitched in as the Kingdome rug.

58.   But deep planting also delays the harvest each spring because it takes a while for the soil to warm to the depth needed to awaken the asparagus buds.

59.   But change is all around, even if it is taking a while to filter down.

60.   But he and Rudolf Scharping, the Social Democrat who would probably become chancellor if the coalition fell apart, expect it to take a while.