Example sentences of "while [pron] wait for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven . |
| 2 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 3 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 4 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 5 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 6 | I chat with her while she waits for the tub to fill . |
| 7 | While she waited for the water to come to the boil she put on her boudoir cap to conceal the steel haircurlers ( dragon 's teeth through the night but never mind that ) , and her Jaeger dressing-gown ( which cost the awful sum of £5 ) , and set forth for her regular deliverance on the lavatory . |
| 8 | She should have got something to drink while she waited for the chemist but she had n't thought of it then . |
| 9 | The words finished on a long , drawn breath while she waited for the words she had no wish to hear . |
| 10 | Foot flat to the floor , you can count to three while you wait for the response . |
| 11 | ‘ Take Leonora into the gardens for a stroll round in the sunshine while you wait for the results , Doctor , ’ advised the serene , smiling nun . |
| 12 | We can continue debating their demise , while we wait for the day when European taxpayers rather than farmers finally call the day on the common agricultural policy . |
| 13 | While we wait for the pendulum to swing : Gail Counsell warns that house prices could take years to recover after the latest rise in interest rates |
| 14 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
| 15 | While we wait for the doctor 's diagnosis the patient may easily die . |
| 16 | While we waited for the service to finish we amused ourselves rearranging the flowers on the graves . |
| 17 | He kissed me in the back of the car while we waited for the others , but nothing moved in me . |
| 18 | ‘ Where did you stay last night ? ’ he asked while we waited for the cameras to be set up . |
| 19 | They went into the staff-room and grabbed a coffee while they waited for the results , then they studied them together on the lightbox . |
| 20 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 21 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |