Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] while you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though , it 's just that , one of the things that Caroline actually , er working on with Warwick University is a way of re-looking at public services and how there funded right , it 's basically to help David to make the case with Margaret Margaret for more money with the local Government , but erm I mean the sort of things we 've been getting into is like when you considering paying for public services , should you , should you pay like in advance like through the National Insurance System or like , like I mean the French Health Service for example , people pay it for ambulances when they use them , though they pay on a differential rate , but I mean it 's an issue to debate , it 's right , and I 've just been thinking about lavatory while you 've been speaking . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said Ken , ‘ do n't expect me to look after Apricot while you 're at work . |
| 3 | She had a month off work while you filled in , then started again as my secretary last week . ’ |
| 4 | Now you 're gon na want a pin , these are rather small pins , I recommend that peop people who have got large hands try and fit their first aid kit out with large pins , they 're much easier to handle , but firstly they do not put pins in their mouths for obvious reasons , either , either have it on the table open ready or just pop it in the front of shirt while you do this bit , okay ? |
| 5 | Enjoy the fragile illusion of freedom while you can , but remember — I 'm on your trail . |
| 6 | Of course while you 're on the Continent , you do n't have to restrict yourself to alcohol and tobacco . |
| 7 | They feel you have to endure great anxiety and suffer a lot and of course while you 're doing that , you do n't get the work done . ’ |
| 8 | If I ca n't look after my own son for a couple of hours while you go shopping , heaven help us . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll buy a guide book , go see some stuff , kill a couple of hours while you go plop yourself down somewhere cool and shady and have a beer or whatever this season 's trendy drink is , and then we 'll meet at six o'clock or so , ride back to the palace together , and tell Anna we had an absolutely smashing day . ’ |
| 10 | Would you like a drop of tea while you 're waitin' ? ’ |
| 11 | You can have a cup of tea while you wait . |
| 12 | ‘ If you fancy a bit of sailing while you 're here you know where to come . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I expect you 'd like a bit of rest while you drink yer tea . |
| 14 | ‘ Get me a packet of Woodbines while you 're round there Ma , ’ he bawled from the washhouse . |
| 15 | Alternatively either colleagues or neighbour could perhaps ring a relative or friend who might move into your home and take care of things while you are in hospital . |
| 16 | Get me a glass of water while you 're in the kitchen . |
| 17 | Even if the Fanatics do n't hit the enemy they will block his line of advance while you get stuck in elsewhere with your best troops . |
| 18 | Putting a patch on is an easy way to get your dose of nicotine while you 're trying to give up . |
| 19 | At the end of the exercise have a short period of conversation while you concentrate on the fingertips on your larynx and on feeling the right degree of voice volume , your friend keeping check for you on the right amount of voice volume and indicating if it becomes too loud or too quiet . |
| 20 | a customer 's children are playing roughly with goods while you are serving the customer |
| 21 | For this reason it can be a mistake to try to break into advertising while you are too young . |
| 22 | ' If you 'll give us a lend of your stout stick I 'll deal with McMurdo while you see to them . ’ |
| 23 | Keep to the safest , simplest dishes when eating in restaurants while you follow the F-Plan slimming diet . |
| 24 | Hold the washer in place while you connect the bottle trap and waste pipe |
| 25 | Make a small hole through the ceiling next to a joist with a bradawl , leaving it in place while you go downstairs and transfer the position ( and width ) of the joist on to the ceiling downstairs with pencil marks . |
| 26 | In Thailand while you wait . |
| 27 | A classic way of finding out how much of your own job can and should be delegated is to put someone in charge while you are away . |
| 28 | When they come back into work , begin feeding the highfat/performance-type diet about six weeks in advance while you are training them up for the extra work ahead . |
| 29 | go and have a look in Atlantis while you 're here |
| 30 | For the man or woman in the fast lane , keeping in touch while you 're on the move is safer and simpler than ever before with the new British Telecom 's Azure cellphone . |