Example sentences of "[noun] while we [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kissed me in the back of the car while we waited for the others , but nothing moved in me . |
| 2 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
| 3 | A few things while we wait for a report of some description ( hint hint ; - ) |
| 4 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 5 | We can have a little heart-to-heart while we wait for him . ’ |
| 6 | At Telford Fiona Baikie commented , ‘ We worked closely with our Field Officer while we prepared for the visit , and he helped college staff enormously . |
| 7 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |