Example sentences of "there while " in BNC.
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| 1 | On reaching the Fish I let out a cry of triumph , overjoyed to have got there while conveniently forgetting the Verdon-like wall which lay above . |
| 2 | He disliked the Church Assembly ( which was the forerunner of the General Synod ) and made only one speech there while he was Bishop of Durham , against the idea of recruiting people to come and be priests . |
| 3 | Instead , I sit there while the stylist blow dries for an hour , thinking : ‘ Oh God , another disaster ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 5 | What was not clear in this case , though , was whether he would attempt to stay there while Lamb got the twenty-three needed to avoid the follow-on . |
| 6 | The people must have come and put it there while he was out . |
| 7 | It is simply the case that the party should be there while it intends to govern Northern Ireland and it should be exerting itself to offer the voters a real alternative to sectarian politics . |
| 8 | That was below the belt , but instead of stopping there while she was still in one piece , she drove on in a high , hectoring voice , ‘ Do n't you think your daughter deserves a little rest instead of going home to slave for you after she 's been working all week ? ’ |
| 9 | Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is . |
| 10 | He had a large backpack with him but he was going back to La Paz : he had left another bag and more valuables there while he made his assault on Cuzco . |
| 11 | They got on to the field without difficulty in the middle of a bombing raid by the RAF on Benghazi , and sat there while their leader gave them a lecture on deer-stalking in the Highlands . |
| 12 | Reaching the island of Rhodes , Richard decided to wait there while he sent fast ships in pursuit of the missing vessel . |
| 13 | As the Helliwell sisters always had the pick of the best jobs , they of course lived there while working in London . |
| 14 | Pick the mildest day you can and make sure you have everything to hand before you start so you do n't leave a dripping horse standing there while you hunt for the shampoo . |
| 15 | I looked at my port wing to judge the extent of the damage and saw some nasty holes there while my instrument panel had also taken a slight hammering . |
| 16 | However , contrary to Mr Brown 's instructions , S took the car to Gatwick and left it there while she was on holiday . |
| 17 | Ramsay found the Regent Douglas installed in Edinburgh Castle , with a host of lords and chiefs , including no fewer than six earls , a most illustrious company , waiting there while their forces massed and were added to on the adjacent Burgh Muir . |
| 18 | OAG members examined the dumped waste , suspecting that Raybestos was dumping asbestos waste there while being prevented from dumping in Ringaskiddy , and sent some of it for analysis to London . |
| 19 | Do n't worry if it seems rude to leave them out there while you check on them — you can be perfectly polite about it . |
| 20 | Eileen stood there while he chatted to Mary , who was a distant cousin on the Ryan side . |
| 21 | Although it 's centuries since Corsica was last under Italian control , the citizens of Calvi claim that Christopher Columbus was born there while the town was under Genoese rule . |
| 22 | They 're all in there while from the generation before , we come face to face with a champion whose greatness spanned almost three decades , ‘ Pancho Gonzales ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't actually have to live there while I 'm writing it . ’ |
| 24 | Not the igneous intrusion — that 's there all right ; a colleague of mine told me about it — and I did intend to work there while I was here in Moila . |
| 25 | Had tears fallen there while she 'd written her goodbye , he wondered ? |
| 26 | First , squeeze into a pair of trunks two sizes too small ( and shove a pair of thick socks down there while you 're at it ! ) . |
| 27 | I go and sit there while she works . |
| 28 | ‘ I just put it there while he 's out to keep the carpet spick and span . |
| 29 | However , he had successfully blown Voltaire 's head out of the bore of the six-pounder ; it rolled over the rampart and landed among the skeletons , scattering the pariah dogs who were sunning themselves there while waiting for their next meal to be heaved over . |
| 30 | She thought that if she went there while the maid was cleaning , Theresa and Anthony out at work , she could nick the netsukes if she was quick and clever , and the maid would not notice . |