Example sentences of "[adv] while [noun] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dean Martin , Sammy Cahn and Tony tried to calm her down while Sinatra reached for his car radio and called for the police and an ambulance . |
| 2 | But she picked the bag up and staggered along while Nick skipped beside her , jumping the sleepers . |
| 3 | They sat chatting together while Elizabeth waited for trade to pick up again . |
| 4 | Some couples were moving away while others waited for the band to strike up again . |
| 5 | Angel was picked up by police half a mile from her home while Michelle snoozed in bed . |
| 6 | Mrs Hurkett and Sharon died instantly while Lisa died in hospital four days later . |
| 7 | Cash available increased only marginally while incomes rose by £44m . |
| 8 | Now here was a boy who listened stolidly while Hugo read to him some of the greatest literature in the world ; who yawned over Villon ; who stared out of the window longingly while Hugo read Maupassant or Flaubert . |
| 9 | In Marseilles he visited a quayside booth advertising ‘ sheep-women ’ , who ran around while sailors tugged at their fleeces to see if they were real . |
| 10 | Kwa languages were an important influence on the Caribbean Creoles at the time of their formation ( and subsequently while slaves continued to be imported from West Africa ) . |