Example sentences of "while [pers pn] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 2 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 3 | I always fall off while I 'm waiting for you . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll be glad of the company , I expect , while I 'm waiting for the police . |
| 5 | Where 's my I 'm putting my lipstick on while I 'm waiting for that to take . |
| 6 | But , in meantime while I were waiting for them to ring me I were that mad ! |
| 7 | I wondered what he was up to when I spotted him coming back inside while I was looking for you . ’ |
| 8 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 9 | Violet Sangston found me while I was searching for a hiding-place . |
| 10 | He rang while I was reaching for the phone . |
| 11 | ‘ The first time I met her , while I was working for him , I think she knew that I had fallen in love with him and yet she was kinder to me than anyone I 've ever known . |
| 12 | While I was waiting for my companions to stir , I put water on to boil , but soon noticed that the stove had given up . |
| 13 | While I was waiting for him , an assistant approached and asked if she could help . |
| 14 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 15 | ‘ By the way , sir , while I was waiting for Fowler to relieve me , I checked with the constable at Morvyl . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't , I just happened to see that tatty book of horoscopes Myra keeps on her desk while I was waiting for you one day , so I looked it up , ’ Dana said defiantly . |
| 17 | I met the Colonel 's wife while I was waiting for Martinho outside church one sunny afternoon . |
| 18 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 19 | ‘ While I was enquiring for you I fell in with a party of men who are heading in my direction shortly . |
| 20 | We had adopted them while I was preparing for the desert . |
| 21 | While she was looking for her other shoe , I stuffed my feet into trainers — no socks — and pulled on my Steel Wheels Tour sweatshirt . |
| 22 | It was while she was looking for his record folder in the filing cabinet that she realised her hands were trembling . |
| 23 | Her second child was born during her time at Somerville while she was studying for an M. Phil in Social Anthropology , and she describes ‘ the time when Mrs Indira Gandhi was awarded the Hon. |
| 24 | She sent them sweets sometimes , and several pairs of red socks she had knitted while she was waiting for a call at the ambulance station , and a photograph of herself in her uniform with a tin hat on . |
| 25 | While she was waiting for the computer to do whatever it had to do , she rested her elbows on the counter with her back to it and the man next to her said in a heavy voice , ‘ Are you an actress ? ’ |
| 26 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 27 | Supposing you run out of hotplates and there 's no space to heat up the gravy , or will the sprouts get cold while you 're waiting for the potatoes to cook ? |
| 28 | After a pause , he says , ‘ Why do n't you have a little talk with Heavenly Father while you 're waiting for me ? |
| 29 | Absolutely , you could , you could actually work it all out while you 're waiting for the course . |
| 30 | Groups go up there and they pay the money for it and they put it in the middle while you 're waiting for the film , it 's all carpeted and you can watch all the monitors and they just sit down this huge tub of popcorn they had an op |