Example sentences of "while i [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven . |
| 2 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 3 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 4 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 5 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |