Example sentences of "while they [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while they 're looking for that direction , they are vulnerable . |
| 2 | Now hopefully , Dick said they 're palletizing while they 're waiting for the containers they 're also palletizing the rest of that stuff . |
| 3 | Now it rains underneath and oh er the switch is gone and I 'm waiting cos they 're a shop , I think they 've never been down , while they 're waiting for the rep to come . |
| 4 | ‘ While people are cautious about a lot of developments in Europe , rightly so , and while they are looking for British advantage , rightly so , they realise it can not be done from the back of the class . |
| 5 | In particular , he will consider the problems faced by those who come back from Germany who may be made redundant and ensure that they have somewhere to live while they are looking for a job . |
| 6 | While they were looking for her , they 'd turn the town upside down . |
| 7 | Boys queued up to take Gloria out , but avoided Deirdre , in case she asked them to help her muck out while they were waiting for Gloria to get her false eyelashes in the right place . |
| 8 | While they were waiting for the warrant to arrive the Captain telephoned the American Consulate to inform them of Deborah Maxwell 's citizenship . |
| 9 | While they were waiting for the targets to be set up , Burun took Rostov aside . |
| 10 | * We marched for about two hours then stopped for the night and ate fish the Indians had caught in the river while they were waiting for us . |
| 11 | ‘ Came here once , ’ commented Lord Beddington morosely , looking round while they were waiting for cabs to return . |