Example sentences of "[pron] while [pers pn] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made me stay with you while they were away and you should n't have . |
| 2 | Getting away from you while you were safely tucked up in bed ? ’ |
| 3 | They would said what they would do well they did everything while we were there |
| 4 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 5 | The rule of thumb I constantly exercised was to record them while they were still fresh in my mind , generally the same day . |
| 6 | News had reached them while they were still in Sydney that the drought that had afflicted the Liverpool Plains earlier in the year had finally broken with abundant rains . |
| 7 | Now some people have already been passed these by me while they were still getting ourselves together . |
| 8 | ‘ Your message to Vindict V. I sent it while we were still in Vasilariov . ’ |
| 9 | I thought maybe you 'd got it while you were abroad |