Example sentences of "[verb] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just the actual joy of starting and , and seeing it transformed while |
| 2 | Happily , four which survive almost unaltered and have been extensively restored , can be enjoyed while exploring London 's suburbs . |
| 3 | The earnings-related supplement , which was introduced in 1966 so that the value of unemployment benefit would more accurately reflect the income that a claimant enjoyed while employed , has been abolished . |
| 4 | ‘ Enjoyed while they lasted and ended by mutual consent when the time came to move on , usually because both the woman concerned and I knew from the start that it was n't going to be a lifelong affair . ’ |
| 5 | More importantly , they were able to offset totally any child-minding costs they incurred while going out to work . |
| 6 | She would take me there but could I wait while she changed her clothes . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll wait while you let yourself in , ’ he said , in an attempt at sounding policeman-like , and she smiled at him . |
| 8 | In broadcasting decisions have to be made quickly : a broadcast can not wait while some minute or other is pending in a civil servant 's in-tray . |
| 9 | He could do nothing but wait while the procedure which he had initiated for excommunicating the king if he refused to restore his rights and revenues crawled towards its conclusion . |
| 10 | The Empire 's army was so weakened by the loss of its forces that Sigismund could do nothing but watch and wait while the Orc hordes devastated the surrounding lands . |
| 11 | She stopped a taxi , returned in it to the house , made it wait while she ran in to drag down any other curtains that remained . |
| 12 | My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished ! |
| 13 | Let's start again — and the expiry date is — yes , certainly I 'll wait while you get your other bag — Hello , yes — oh , it was the wrong card , was it ? |
| 14 | Stormily , she went on , ‘ I suppose I was meant to sit back and wait while you danced attendance on your number one girlfriend , was I ? |
| 15 | That 's why I 'm saying let's wait while |
| 16 | Oh wait a minute , I 'll wait while those of you who are anally challenged will check that . |
| 17 | Cos then you 've got ta wait while they |
| 18 | Following the plenum the leadership adopted a hardline approach to dissent while increasing efforts to regain the support and trust of the large numbers of people who had become disenchanted with the widespread corruption within the government and the party . |
| 19 | ‘ Shall I be mother and pour or d' you want me to disappear while you two talk Jockey Club business . ’ |
| 20 | Sympathetic typifications of Catholics do little to lessen the obvious problem of being attacked while walking the beat . |
| 21 | Police believe the two friends were attacked while sunbathing and raped and murdered before being dumped in the sea . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's a police whistle in case I 'm attacked while I 'm collecting the week 's takings . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ She is only a little girl and could easily have been attacked while she was standing there alone . ’ |
| 24 | However , Edgar Chance showed that a cuckoo using a meadow pipit 's nest is nearly always attacked while she is laying . |
| 25 | The Poitevins claimed that they had been attacked while peace talks were in progress and that though they had naturally defended themselves they had certainly not intended to kill the Earl . |
| 26 | ‘ She had n't been harmed , but she said Edouard was attacked while she was there and it had been done as a warning to her . |
| 27 | Thousands of fires were reported to be burning , and in many cases firefighters were attacked while attempting to bring them under control . |
| 28 | An army spokesman quoted by Agence France-Presse news agency said that soldiers had been attacked while pitching camp at Kaguitt . |
| 29 | Steve Thomas was attacked while walking home from a night club , but can remember little else of the incident . |
| 30 | He was attacked while on his early morning round . |