Example sentences of "while [noun] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ipswich knocked out Hightown last week in a tense but skilful game , while Chelmsford disposed of the mighty Slough after a penalty shoot-out at Chelmer Park . |
| 2 | Max rang to wish me a merry one , followed by Lee and my sister-in-law , Maureen , and while Kenneth snoozed beside me I rang my ‘ lot ’ , culminating in a long chat with my lovely ex mom-in-law . |
| 3 | John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road . |
| 4 | While Madeleine snored in the bottom bunk Léonie fought to keep awake , to know the exact moment when , in the very centre of the Channel , precisely equidistant from both shores , the walls of water and of words met , embraced wetly and closely , became each other , composed of each other 's sounds . |
| 5 | The Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin also visited Jerusalem , on Oct. 17 , and met with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi , while Baker met with Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir . |
| 6 | Within Outer London , the experience of Bromley and of Newham are almost mirror images : Bromley did relatively badly in the first and third periods and well in the second , while Newham gained in the first and third periods , but had the smallest increase in the second . |
| 7 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 8 | First on the scene with punk , while NME argued over Supertramp 's ‘ latest waxing ’ ! |
| 9 | Imports , mostly of crude oil and food , rose by 46 per cent while exports fell by 43 per cent in the first six months of 1990 , drastically affecting the country 's balance of payments . |
| 10 | Imports showed 1 per cent growth , as forecast , while exports grew by 3.5 per cent , more than the expected 2.0 per cent — ‘ something of a mystery ’ said Freeman . |
| 11 | Yesterday 's figures showed the value of imports falling by 2.5 per cent to £9.6billion in November while exports rose by 0.5 per cent to £8.1billion , giving the lowest visible trade deficit since September last year . |
| 12 | Felix 's wife started talking about poetry , which she wrote , while Felix shouted about his last visit to Castro . |
| 13 | There was a moment of silence while Lisa took in this frankly astonishing piece of information . |
| 14 | Mrs Hurkett and Sharon died instantly while Lisa died in hospital four days later . |
| 15 | Robert knew , as he waited while Lalage laughed with some stranger , that he was standing near a death-bed . |
| 16 | But while Whitehall changed from organizing public expenditure on an annual basis to a five-year rolling programme , the House of Commons was still authorizing expenditure on the old twelve-month pattern . |
| 17 | Next morning Helen set off early to see Joanna while Sophie dealt with several clients who , having heard of Joanna 's accident , were sympathetic and concerned . |
| 18 | His younger brother Fitz , who had been running on the ground , now took over Kendo 's role and chased the monkeys further , while Kendo followed on the ground , along with Macho , Ulysse , Brutus and several females . |
| 19 | The health visitors prated and bullied ; one 's baby screamed and tears splashed down one 's cheeks while milk gushed through one 's jersey . |
| 20 | Rosie was lounging on the couch in an orange silk shirt-dress , drinking cola from a can while Francisco sorted through the stack of CD discs . |
| 21 | Earlier , while Faldo prospered with a blistering outward run of 32 , it was all Tryall and error for crumbling Couples . |
| 22 | Sulphur dioxide produced a severe headache , while chlorine resulted in sneezing , itchy eyes , a runny nose and a sore throat |
| 23 | At any rate , in we went , and soon I was happily splashing around the creeks while Kodiak plunged after sticks thrown by his mistress . |
| 24 | Demonstrations throughout April and the first part of May organized by activists opposed to ( ex-Communist ) President Rakhmon Nabiyev 's regime culminated in the formation of a coalition government , announced on May 11 , in which eight of the 24 ministerial posts went to opposition members , while Nabiyev remained as President . |
| 25 | Relations with the Vatican had been broken off in 1861 but Pope John Paul II visited Mexico in 1990 [ see p. 37475 ] while Salinas went to the Vatican in July 1991 . |
| 26 | while confusion reigned at Aintree … they were celebrating at the County Ground as Swindon won again and complaining at the Manor as Oxford lost again … here 's the action |
| 27 | They went swiftly into operation , scrambling for seats on planes and pillows in resorts , while shops reordered from importers as their stocks of ski equipment sold out . |
| 28 | Down from £12.8m in 1990 to £7.9m last year , while turnover fell from £120m to £113m . |
| 29 | After that came a stint in the ambulance service , while Jean worked for a catering business . |
| 30 | Soon after our conversation was interrupted by my flailing attempts to follow Grond while Pat scampered after me on what appeared to be a completely different route . |