Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] while [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now here was a boy who listened stolidly while Hugo read to him some of the greatest literature in the world ; who yawned over Villon ; who stared out of the window longingly while Hugo read Maupassant or Flaubert . |
| 2 | Faith is better caught than taught and the example of a parent is a strong influence even while teenagers seem to be rejecting what you taught them . |
| 3 | I sipped my lager quietly while Sergei scribbled . |
| 4 | They had a cup of tea , then chatted for a while longer while Belinda made the kedgeree and Mr Jones washed the dishes , then the latter said with a grimace , ‘ I 've got to go now too , love . |
| 5 | We waited , talking to each other quietly while Linton slept a little . |
| 6 | They simply repeated their censure periodically while Israel continued to destroy almost every facet of Resolution 242 's validity by land seizures , illegal settlements , and the annexation of both Jerusalem and the Golan Heights . |
| 7 | The critic Richard Buckle accompanied them and described how they sat in the stalls of the empty theatre afterwards while Balanchine told them ‘ what he liked and did not like about it and how it could be improved ’ . |
| 8 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 9 | Some offices send out information automatically while others wait for you to approach them . |
| 10 | He broached the matter carefully while Marshall put a match to some logs in the grate . |
| 11 | There is one final point I would like to make and I know that many people may not accept it , but I think there will not be any significant improvement here while violence persists . |
| 12 | The back of Leith Hill became our Paradise with home-made houses in and under pine trees and we needed no other occupation here while Mother sat near , reading or sewing and happy because we were . |
| 13 | Many women I spoke to hardly bothered with a Dupatta indoors while others told me in whispers that they wore it only because their mothers-in-law insisted . |
| 14 | Swindon 's glory days in the FA Cup were a long time ago while Cambridge have been to the quarter finals two years running . |