1.   They talked a while and finally must have settled it.

2.   As strangers do, getting to know one another, we talked a while about the weather.

3.   A place where Mom and Dad could sit on the porch and the people walking by would know their names and maybe stop to talk a while.

4.   After talking a while, they agreed to meet for lunch the next day.

5.   The teachers stayed in the hall and talked a while.

6.   We stopped beside one of those and stood to talk a while.

7.   We talked a while.