Example sentences of "time while [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problem was that we had envisaged a tumbledown affair that we would rebuild over the period of time while we were still living and working in London . |
| 2 | So we are talking in general terms about being willing to share our time , energy , space and care , particularly with people who have been recently bereaved through some major form of loss , maybe for a shod period of time while they readjust , maybe for a long time as the person or people involved learn to face life 's vicissitudes alone . |
| 3 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 4 | Having opened the doors an hour late , the stewards proceed to examine in detail every bag and every pocket of Pop Will Eat Itself 's thousand-strong audience , wasting a further 45 minutes of everyone 's time while they play at being customs officers . |
| 5 | Not that I could n't ring you any time while they 're here , ’ she added hurriedly , as if feeling guilty of being underhand while her parents were out of the way . |
| 6 | So to while away the time while they waited for dark again they sat in a back room and fiished the waistcoat . |
| 7 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 8 | By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . |
| 9 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 10 | Might as well because this is a good time while he 's rushing around on that . |
| 11 | ‘ I fell in love for the first time while I was still at school , ’ she has revealed . |
| 12 | The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter . |
| 13 | As I work in the Middle East , I usually only have a short space of time while I 'm home to sort out my musical needs and Colin from my local store , Heads Hands and Feet , has helped me tremendously over the years . |
| 14 | After having amassed around 200 hours on the Corsair since purchasing it in 1982 , the novelty of flying this beast has not diminished : ‘ Today I feel that every flight in the Corsair is as exciting as the first , mainly because with the Corsair you can not afford to be complacent , as the aircraft will sometimes bite back , so I have to be alert all the time while I am flying ’ . |
| 15 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |
| 16 | We will certainly keep you informed of our progress but I do n't expect to be able to send you anything until at the earliest some time while you are in Edinburgh . |
| 17 | Apart from that , you are wasting good knitting time while you are popping around with deliveries . |
| 18 | You can apply for a card with a spending limit of £250 at any time while you 're a student — just ask for a copy of the leaflet ‘ Whilst you are there — Midland Access ’ at any of our branches . |
| 19 | She carried you there near her heart a long , long time while you were growing . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell me , why do I have to pay my informants a quid or more a time while you have snouts who could buy and sell both of us and who rush to buy you drinks whenever you appear ? ’ |
| 21 | Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching . |
| 22 | I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’ |
| 23 | I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill . |
| 24 | You know what it 's like : sitting in front of your PC , wasting time while it calculates a complex spreadsheet , draws your graphs or searches the database . |
| 25 | They had a gay old time while it lasted , healthy too , chanting , regular hours , then brew liqueurs benedictine , green chartreuse . |