Example sentences of "[adv] while [noun] [verb] [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 | So while Budapest feels like a gold-rush town , Warsaw remains sleepy . |
| 3 | So while interpreters working from spoken English to sign language are called upon to work for nothing as a service to these normal , intelligent ‘ disabled ’ people , those in the foreign spoken language interpretive role , where language users are equal , may rise to occupy one of the highest status roles in diplomacy , and correspondingly command high financial rewards . |
| 4 | Morrissey writes flamboyantly while Gedge converses with the listener in a questioning , deadpan tone . |
| 5 | But she picked the bag up and staggered along while Nick skipped beside her , jumping the sleepers . |
| 6 | They sat chatting together while Elizabeth waited for trade to pick up again . |
| 7 | It is not reasonable to hold them too long while doves flutter between Moscow and Baghdad , while sandstorms gather and temperatures rise . |
| 8 | Some couples were moving away while others waited for the band to strike up again . |
| 9 | Angel was picked up by police half a mile from her home while Michelle snoozed in bed . |
| 10 | There 's an untidy second in which I dive forward to knock Casey off balance , and he lurches against the wall but keeps upright while Des scrambles to his feet . |
| 11 | DEALINGS in Davies and Newman , the struggling Dan-Air airline , were halted yesterday while talks continue on a possible link-up with Virgin tycoon Richard Branson ( above ) . |
| 12 | However , an aid convoy and a French field hospital trying to reach Srebrenica remained blocked yesterday while trucks intended for the Muslim town of Zepa were ordered to return to Belgrade by the UN after being stalled for six days . |
| 13 | Some offices send out information automatically while others wait for you to approach them . |
| 14 | Mrs Hurkett and Sharon died instantly while Lisa died in hospital four days later . |
| 15 | Cash available increased only marginally while incomes rose by £44m . |
| 16 | He stands back while Serafin comes into the centre of the room and slowly revolves on his heel . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Faith is better caught than taught and the example of a parent is a strong influence even while teenagers seem to be rejecting what you taught them . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Within the main paragraph under examination , Portuguese further repeats Morita twice while English persists in using pronominal reference . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |