Example sentences of "while he [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he waited for a response he got up and moved ponderously to the wind-up gramophone housed in a carved oaken cabinet in a cornet of the room . |
| 2 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 3 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 4 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 5 | His lips clamped together and he raised one corner of his thin mouth in a spiteful leer , his large bald head nodding deliberately to and fro while he waited for the younger man 's response . |
| 6 | Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire . |
| 7 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |
| 8 | Gedge 's studies came to an end and it was at this point that he realised his obsessive interest in music could not be satisfied by part-time activity while he searched for a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 9 | Corbett told his companions to wait while he searched for the purveyor , Alexander . |
| 10 | He stopped and Carrie saw his mouth tremble while he searched for the right words to say how mean and horrible Mr Evans was . |
| 11 | Alan left him howling in the cot again while he went for a bowl of water . |
| 12 | From 1867 Stuart organized private courses while he arranged for the university to be presented by provincial towns with reasoned requests for the provision of university lectures . |
| 13 | His home is presently in Kidderminster from where he weekly commutes while he looks for a new house in the local area . |