Example sentences of "[noun pl] while [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since you were silly enough to wash that mop I suggest you put a dry towel round your shoulders while we eat . |
| 2 | You ring the doorbell , watching down the drive for any cars while you pull on your leather gloves . |
| 3 | When asked eight weeks ago what her dream for the future was , Tatum replied : ‘ It 's that when John 's career is finished he takes care of the kids while I make two pictures a year and get to pick my scripts and work with whoever I want . |
| 4 | You 've been cheating me , you stinking ass hole , letting me pay you for second-rate designs while you market the best ideas yourself . ’ |
| 5 | Remember that you are not only burning up calories while you walk , but your increased metabolic rate will keep burning up calories when you finish walking . |
| 6 | In the past six months while they 've been in prison doctors have been battling to save thir victim 's eyes . |
| 7 | All these months while I 've been writing these letters for her , I 've been putting myself in her place , feeling all the love she feels , remembering things that I never really knew about in the first place . |
| 8 | You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life . |
| 9 | It often turns into a ‘ hat party ’ with friends sitting around wearing all sorts of styles while they have a drink . ’ |
| 10 | Erm what I 'll ask Sophie to do if she 's still going on with it , she 'll be a little bit late , just put a couple of plugs in your ears while I give the answer out . |
| 11 | It is a simple matter of keeping the rod high above the rushes while I manoeuvre downstream . |
| 12 | The EPR paper concludes with the words While we have thus shown that the wavefunction does not provide a complete description of physical reality , we have left open the question of whether or not such a description exists . |
| 13 | SUBH–– ALL ABROAD Not quite home sweet home ENGLAND will shun their traditional Wembley home and the loyal fans while they try to rebuild shattered pride on an obscure Spanish ground |
| 14 | Charles and I are so sorry to miss you and most grateful to you for guarding our chattels while we gallivant round Italy . |
| 15 | Connect it up to your hi-fi and you can plug in your guitar preamp without running the risk of blowing your speakers while you play along to your tape , CD , record player — or all three simultaneously if you like ! |
| 16 | Keep to the safest , simplest dishes when eating in restaurants while you follow the F-Plan slimming diet . |
| 17 | Well they used to have a little rowing boat and come after it , he used to get one of the lads while they come ashore and got his dinner . |
| 18 | Thirty is when you decide it 's not on that your hubby has got time to watch the football — or the polo — and have a drink with the lads while you run from children to job to domestic chores like some demented nursemaid on speed . |
| 19 | Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own . |
| 20 | Make the bed — then you can lie down and take the weight off your feet while we talk . |
| 21 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
| 22 | ‘ Come , darlings , make room for our visitors while I go and fetch them some supper . ’ |
| 23 | Ban photographs of people looking at their shoes while they play guitar |
| 24 | ‘ When he does come back , he wo n't be able to say , ‘ Oh , I see everything 's gone to pieces while I 've been away ’ . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Lots of nice rich friends to give you commissions while you find your feet . |
| 26 | Criminals carry weapons while we do not . |
| 27 | A new product knowledge training aid , introduced this month , will positively encourage staff to listen to tapes while they work . |
| 28 | ‘ I plan to be around over the next few weeks while we get this new image launched , and we expect you to be very visible . |
| 29 | For the next couple of weeks while I get to know how the station works I shall be like your shadow , Fran , but you 'll have the comfort of knowing that it 's all in the line of business . ’ |
| 30 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |