Example sentences of "while we [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we wait for the pendulum to swing : Gail Counsell warns that house prices could take years to recover after the latest rise in interest rates |
| 2 | While we wait for the doctor 's diagnosis the patient may easily die . |
| 3 | Now , while we wait for tea how would you like to send a fax to New York ? ’ |
| 4 | We can have a little heart-to-heart while we wait for him . ’ |
| 5 | He drags morosely on the cheroot while we wait for the pretty young newsreader to get through the latest government verbals on the self-pitying unemployed . |
| 6 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
| 7 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 8 | However , as you have some discretion in these matters , Mr. Speaker , and while we wait for the Scottish electorate to remove the remainder of the Scottish Conservative party from this House , would it not be appropriate for you to give priority to Scottish Members at Scottish Question Time ? |
| 9 | We can continue debating their demise , while we wait for the day when European taxpayers rather than farmers finally call the day on the common agricultural policy . |
| 10 | A few things while we wait for a report of some description ( hint hint ; - ) |
| 11 | We 've got two children at the swimming club here , so we thought we 'd do this while we wait for them . |
| 12 | Bertolt Brecht 's aphorism has been dramatically reversed while we pause for breath . |