Example sentences of "[verb] while " in BNC.
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| 31 | His house was broken into , his fiancee was attacked while walking home and had her handbag snatched , and then his car window was smashed . |
| 32 | A policeman had come while I was out and had asked her to tell me to call at his house as soon as I got back . |
| 33 | If only it had come while he was still Emperor of Agriculture House … |
| 34 | There had been a moon when they 'd first arrived , but the clouds had come while they were chopping wood , and the rain while they 'd cooked dinner on the two little primus stoves . |
| 35 | It had to be someone who had come while she was asleep . |
| 36 | The furore has hit Hamilton Oil 's £2bn plans hardest because it has come while they are locked on hold by a full-scale public inquiry , a report by brokers County Nat West claimed . |
| 37 | The furore has hit Hamilton Oil 's £2bn plans hardest because it has come while they are locked on hold by a full-scale public inquiry , says a report by broker County Nat West . |
| 38 | ‘ I say , ’ the Times reader stood up and dithered while Kelly took a firmer hold of Broom-Parker 's bristling moustache . |
| 39 | Chen said the new company will draw on potential investors located while he was trying to save his old company : ‘ We will now apply what we learned in designing and building a new machine for early market introduction . ’ |
| 40 | She glared at Hank as he stood by the front door ready to open it for the paper 's representatives , and tried not to scream while these gentlemen put on their boots again . |
| 41 | Daddy never shouted while they were there . |
| 42 | Hippocrates ( the father of modem medicine ) said that anything which is used develops while anything which is not used simply wastes away . |
| 43 | Some children retired to a corner or another room to hide while standing stiffly or squatting . |
| 44 | On bail bandits people who offended while on bail he promised to bring in legislation to increase the penalties and set up bail hostels . |
| 45 | Plus Points : Checks spelling while scanning . |
| 46 | Plus Points : Checks spelling while scanning . |
| 47 | Mungo could not understand how the price constantly rose while no one seemed to bid . |
| 48 | The number of homes sold to median-to-high income earners rose while neighbourhood representatives expressed concern over the concentration of substandard property . |
| 49 | In truth , little business is expected while the results flow in . |
| 50 | SERIOUS traffic delays are expected while British Gas carry out excavations of the A59 at Rice Lane , near Walton Hospital , Liverpool . |
| 51 | There was an old knitting machine up there which beckoned me to keep myself occupied while I was waiting to hear about my appeal . |
| 52 | He is bitterly humiliated when he is beaten in a fist-battle with Thomas Fox , arranged by the captain as the climax to a day of races and contests organised to keep the hands occupied while the ship is becalmed . |
| 53 | Special thanks are due to Sarah Tooley , Senior Nurse at the WNAS , for her contributions to the menus and recipes and for her total support ; Rosa Fisher , for her ongoing support and optimism ; and to Jane Brooker , our wonderful Nanny , who kept our three children happy and occupied while we were burning the midnight oil . |
| 54 | This does n't mean that you should take time off work ; quite the opposite , as it is preferable that you remain occupied while on the diet . |
| 55 | This was emphasised by the peace — a ritual kiss of reconciliation with which the congregation were occupied while the priest made his communion . |
| 56 | Their skin peeled away and shrivelled while tears of agony rolled from their little red eyes . |
| 57 | An object close to the camera , with a very short out-and-return light-path from flash to film , will be imaged while the sound-pulse is still at the back of the emulsion but by the time light from an object 15 metres away has reached the film , the sound-pulse will have reached its front face . |
| 58 | Yeah well you see you can make quite a few nice little pounds for yourself if you can say to your friends I can undercut I wo n't chat while you get across here if you can say to your friends I can do it cheaper than the |
| 59 | The back division have badly under-performed while the forwards have hardly put a foot wrong , with debutant No 8 , Michael Galwey , outstanding . |
| 60 | As with Admiralty Charts , a comprehensive range of features for navigating at sea are included while the canal includes such details as locks and bridges . |