Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyhow it was like the sea and boats and everything else and I used to I was working in a shop and I use to get up early in the morning and go down and tally all the numbers and names of the boats and and there was an old man came in to shop while I was working in and asked about a certain boat , I says oh I can tell you , trek down . |
| 2 | I consider joining the retreating pair below me but have no harness for the abseil , so I settle down to wait while the climber above seconds the pitch . |
| 3 | Just prior to this I was under a great deal of pressure to complete a computer program , and went in to work while I was suffering from the flu and not sleeping very well . |
| 4 | I ask who comes in to sleep while we 're out . |
| 5 | Back in the living-room Helen settled down to read while he dabbled with a crossword . |
| 6 | So we sat down to rest while Long John came slowly up to us . |
| 7 | I am sure if The Box is just something you stick the kids down to watch while you get on with something else , harm can be done . |
| 8 | It was after eight-thirty and in a few minutes the family would sit down to eat while she stood at the end of the table , still working . |
| 9 | The basic message however is that farmers with below average yields will be over compensated while specialist arable units will suffer — but only marginally . ’ |
| 10 | She says as I say I 'll have to wait and see what she says , because she said , you know when weather gets better , oh I says you 're better off waiting while it gets better weather |
| 11 | Right , yeah , and he 's carried on printing while the |
| 12 | And the claimants will , will carry on rising while they k keep closing hospitals of this nature . |
| 13 | She had had them made up to order while in Edinburgh . |
| 14 | ‘ My husband was made redundant and I went out to work while he stayed at home to do the chores . |
| 15 | He went out to check while Dalgliesh continued his exploration . |
| 16 | The Corporals pulled out some more wine and two cases of beer and carried on drinking while supervising the digging party . |
| 17 | I paced around smoking while I decided what to do . |
| 18 | But Mr Michael Fallon , the Conservative candidate , said it was right that a quarter of the receipts should go on housing while threequarters went towards repayment of debt . |
| 19 | Yes , you carry on talking while we chomp |
| 20 | In Swansea , John Roberts spotted a plane about to crash while he was travelling on a bus . |
| 21 | I fetch them all in , stick them on clothes horse , they 're all round fire while I 'm on lollipop and then nip to shop and when I come in within half an hour they were bone dry . |