Example sentences of "[vb past] while the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This only occurred while the current was flowing . |
| 2 | Cylinder heads are being sand blasted while the steel inspection work is continuing . |
| 3 | Independent events are those which are most unlikely to have been brought about by the behaviour of the respondent , such as a husband 's car accident which happened while the woman was at home . |
| 4 | The Sheikh arrived while the doctor was on the telephone to the hospital . |
| 5 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |
| 6 | Stripped to the waist , one dug while the other stacked . |
| 7 | One person is placed in the middle and momentarily blindfolded while the children hide the ring under their hands . |
| 8 | This did no good : Mexico 's interest payments soared while the economy got worse . |
| 9 | She ran to the café and fretted while the rashers sizzled on the stove ; she could n't wait to get back to that make-believe room blazing with light . |
| 10 | Certainly , the mark points survived while the old straight tracks fell into disuse and neglect . |
| 11 | One worked while the other watched , clutching his grotesquely enlarged erection . |
| 12 | The sun blazed while the thunder yet |
| 13 | ‘ ' The circle broke while the dancers whirled each other in pairs . |
| 14 | The air pressure forced me to my knees and I watched while the wind screwed great oak trees out of the earth and then dropped them in a mess of green leaves and splintered wood . |
| 15 | Alice watched while the White Rabbit looked at the names on his piece of paper . |
| 16 | A delicate oriental nurse washed my feet with antiseptic and chatted while the locally injected anaesthetic took effect . |
| 17 | I found a niche below a roof to one side and sat and ruminated while the sun rose and filled the upper valley with light . |
| 18 | Finally , I left hospital and joined a community near Banbury in Oxfordshire , most of which disbanded while the remainder came here to Glastonbury . |
| 19 | This grew while the city docks declined and finally were closed a few years ago . |
| 20 | Between 1971 and 1974 , Britain apparently became more equal because share prices fell while the homes people occupied boomed in price . |
| 21 | The proportion of studies with two to three authors fell while the proportion with six to 10 rose , shifting the curve to the right . |
| 22 | Abe Moses , who was also a poet when he was not gutting fish , died while the children were st ill young , and Miriam Leah , who stunk of fish , decided to go into something more glamorous . |
| 23 | One man who , greatly to the relief of his family and parishioners , did not see the burning , for he died while the rebels were on their way , was the minister , William Reid . |
| 24 | This died while the almond was still on the tree , but it often remains loosely attached to the shell . |
| 25 | THE baby son of a close friend of the Princess of Wales died while the princess and her husband were touring South Korea , it emerged today . |
| 26 | THE baby son of a close friend of the Princess of Wales died while the princess and her husband were touring South Korea , it emerged today . |
| 27 | Later , Provenzano flew over a stolen car and circled while the patrolmen on the ground arrested four black men inside , forcing them to lie on the ground to be checked for weapons . |
| 28 | After all , in France cut-price stores blossomed while the country 's economy was still growing strongly . |
| 29 | It appeared while the European Commission had yet to approve the £600 billion fusion budget . |
| 30 | Anyone who spoke while the results were being read would receive a snarl of disapproval . |