Example sentences of "[adv] while wait for " in BNC.

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1 She was on holiday after all , and it certainly seemed as though that was what he 'd been indulging in while waiting for his ladyfriend to return .
2 The only thing I could step up while waiting for that next visit to the X-ray department was my visualization .
3 The girl , who was pounced on while waiting for a train at Mexborough , South Yorkshire , was treated in hospital for head wounds .
4 In the case of the Kobuk Eskimos their object in working jade , which they even carried on while waiting for caribou to cross the river , was to obtain a ready supply of trade goods .
5 However , he had successfully blown Voltaire 's head out of the bore of the six-pounder ; it rolled over the rampart and landed among the skeletons , scattering the pariah dogs who were sunning themselves there while waiting for their next meal to be heaved over .
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