Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun] while the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This first turn can take quite a bit of time while the game gets under way ) . |
| 2 | 1817 " The Meeting impressd , with the distress of the Tenantry of the Island from the reduced state of the Price of Black Cattle &c. ; conceive it proper and necessary to make application to Shawfield and his Trustees for a reduction of Rent while the times continue so oppressing , but with proper delicacy to this subject they decline making application at Present and till it is ascertained how cattle markets may go in June next … " |
| 3 | Squeezed into an Islington drinking hole prior to an onstage engagement , Sam sips tentatively at a half of lager while the siblings go the whole hog and guzzle pints of water . |
| 4 | When an inquisitive fish or crab provokes them to such action , it finds itself struggling in a mesh of filaments while the sea cucumber slowly inches itself away on the tube feet that protrude from its underside . |
| 5 | Er , on paragraph nine the government 's own figures show that there is a shortfall of glee while the others who have a a social conscience , a and that they 've mixed , the site provision is n't keeping pace with the growth of the number of caravans and yet , what it 's proposing to do in this paper will make the situation worse by removing any incentive erm and any requirement on local authorities actually to provide the sites that are needed to make up that shortfall and it 's quite clear that what this is about is actually what it is happening in housing in general and that is shifting provision from the pri , from the public to the private sector . |
| 6 | Her hair , glowing like a brazier through the early-morning mist , her high boots and her cream-coloured quilted jacket with its exaggerated shoulders , had drawn his gaze as he sat impatiently in a line of cars while the pickets argued with the driver of an articulated wagon that was trying to enter the University . |
| 7 | Unless the applicant for service has good reason to believe that service by simple delivery will be accepted , he should supply a translation , for there is otherwise a risk of delay while the Central Authority reports that that mode of delivery has failed and requests a translation of the document . |
| 8 | ‘ The UK felt it very important to be a member of LOFT while the ( Sizewell ) inquiry was going on , so they could demonstrate their seriousness in picking up the questions on safety ’ . |
| 9 | The latter deal primarily in a currency of meaning while the former have still a conflict concerning the appropriate register for the target language . |
| 10 | She anchored off the south coast beach at Beco for a couple of hours while the stores — quinine , mepacrine ( atabrin ) , boots , ammunition , and rations , were rafted ashore . |