Example sentences of "while [pron] were [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in meantime while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad ! |
| 2 | worked for them and you qualified while you were working for them . |
| 3 | * Is your sickness due to an accident which happened while you were working for an employer ? |
| 4 | * Is your sickness due to a prescribed industrial disease caused by conditions at work , while you were working for an employer ? |
| 5 | ‘ We are told that you were chatting to him , amongst others , while you were waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 6 | While we were waiting for the chillim to be filled and passed around , Kalchu pointed out a conical heap of stones at the base of a great cedar tree near the edge of the glade . |
| 7 | While we were waiting for our ferry to come we went and visited the Mary Rose war ship . |
| 8 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 9 | While they were looking for her , they 'd turn the town upside down . |
| 10 | In this the camp was run as a luxury camp by the Germans in order to lull people into a sense of false security while they were pumped for information . |
| 11 | Boys queued up to take Gloria out , but avoided Deirdre , in case she asked them to help her muck out while they were waiting for Gloria to get her false eyelashes in the right place . |
| 12 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 13 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 14 | * We marched for about two hours then stopped for the night and ate fish the Indians had caught in the river while they were waiting for us . |
| 15 | ‘ Came here once , ’ commented Lord Beddington morosely , looking round while they were waiting for cabs to return . |