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I was reading a story and I found this sentence (in the previous part of the
text the author wrote that a taxi driver had found someone and he had picked
him up):

ところが、しばらく走っているうちに、車の中がなんとなく寒くなってきた。

First of all I don't understand the meaning of しばらく.

Another structure that I don't understand is なってくる. Why did the author put くる
after なる?
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I don't understand the meaning of しばらく in this sentence
Also, regarding ～てくる, think of くる metaphorically. My grammar book defines it
as "come to ~, get to ~; a change that takes place over time."

Here's another useful explanation:
<http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/teform>
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I'm sure OP can look up things in a dictionary by him/herself.

While the usage may be slightly different to how you would normally see it
used (しばらく待ってください！ or しばらくの間使えないよ！ etc), the meaning here too is that of a
somewhat short time span.

"However, while/after driving for some time, the inside of the car became
(gradually) colder."
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