Example sentences of "while they [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rostov waited patiently while they arranged themselves in order of precedence and then touched hands with each . |
| 2 | He had an infection of the muscle and would have to stay in hospital for at least three weeks , maybe a month , while they treated him with penicillin injections . |
| 3 | I have a fancy to show myself as far as Newport and Cardiff , while they lose themselves in the mountains of Maelienydd and Brecon . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't his case and they were n't suspects , and they must have known that he was no cheerful extrovert , flattered to be the centre of attraction while they bombarded him with questions about Chief Inspector Rickards 's likely methods , the chance of catching the Whistler , his theories about psychopathic killers , his own experience of serial murder . |
| 5 | A. Yes , in assembly while they say it in English I do the other one . |
| 6 | As early as Acts 6 we find the apostles seeking deputies to manage the administration Of the church , while they give themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word . |
| 7 | And while they force you to be what you do not want to be , they are also teaching you how to be parents . |
| 8 | During field-work there was only one incident related to sexual abuse , and this was dealt with by policemen , and while they showed something of a blasé attitude towards it in feeling that the victim was ‘ hardly touched ’ and the offender ‘ did n't do anything anyway ’ ( FN 2/11/87 , pp. 5–6 ) , they pursued the case thoroughly . |
| 9 | And then we had to wait while they poured them in the moulds , but if the moulds failed , and they were rather big , they was full of air-holes and they used to turn it all into a fine just l l pebbles of molten metal , straight back up at you , and you could n't move cos if you moved your crane then somebody would have been killed with out the ladles . |