Example sentences of "while waiting for the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | course in Education at Southampton University while waiting for the divorce to come through , but while I like Oman , I do not feel ‘ stretched ’ in this post and also ( now I have reached the age of fifty ) miss being in England with children and family . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 3 | It was lunchtime so I bought a packet of Jaffa Cakes and more lager , which I drank while waiting for the ferry to start boarding . |
| 4 | While waiting for the kettle to boil , she stood at the window watching the rain . |
| 5 | While waiting for the bath to fill , she reflected on a fragmentary dream which , thanks to Dmitri , had surfaced in her memory . |