Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales . |
| 2 | Sarah had a few days ' leave while Joe was home and Maureen suggested , while Anne and her father were present , that Joe took Sarah out sometimes . |
| 3 | The first College certificate was granted on 22 April 1794 to Edmund Bond , after 18 months ' instruction while a resident pupil . |
| 4 | The case , which was heard in June 1968 , was n't helped by the fact that two months earlier Lady Althorp had been named as the ‘ other woman ’ in the Shand Kydds ' divorce while most galling of all , her own mother , Ruth , Lady Fermoy sided against her . |
| 5 | A pensioner , Mr Kenneth Sanders , aged 66 , of Derby , has died in hospital after contracting legionnaires ' disease while on holiday in Majorca . |