Example sentences of "while [pers pn] wait for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A catapult lives with you until the last moment ; it stays tensed in your hands , breathing with you , moving with you , ready to leap , ready to sing and jerk , and leaving you in that dramatic pose , arms and hands outstretched while you wait for the dark curve of the ball in its flight to find its target , that delicious thud . |
| 2 | However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ? |
| 3 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
| 4 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 5 | His lips clamped together and he raised one corner of his thin mouth in a spiteful leer , his large bald head nodding deliberately to and fro while he waited for the younger man 's response . |
| 6 | Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire . |