Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] while [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stands back while Serafin comes into the centre of the room and slowly revolves on his heel . |
| 2 | Barbara gets shot by Fred MacMurray , Joan is remaindered by Edward G. Robinson , and Bogart stands back while Mary Astor is hauled off to jail . |
| 3 | They do n't plan to stand around while Mandela makes up his mind about what they are going to get . |
| 4 | I 'm merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The last several years we 've stood by while Europe spent $26 billion to develop Airbus to push Americans out of work , ’ he said . |