for a little while

For a little while on Tuesday evening “Election Night with Brian Williams” was the breaking political news equivalent of a meditation app.

For a little while on Monday, he did not say yes to any of the jobs he was offered, stewing over whether they were appealing, senior enough or might box him in too much politically.

"I mean people deal with their deaths in different ways, and I think it’s all very, very individual to each of us. But I think for a little while you do go into shock - or I did, and I was in a bit of a state."

But for Freeman, it was a concoction of adrenaline, relief and gratitude that — at least for a little while — mostly numbed the pain in his badly sprained right ankle.

"He's naturally a miss with the way he's started the season. He's going to be out for a little while," McKenna said.