Example sentences of "while waiting for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While waiting for the call-up , various opportunities or openings of an official nature came my way , and I was summoned for interview , usually at extremely short notice , in connection with some of them . |
| 2 | course in Education at Southampton University while waiting for the divorce to come through , but while I like Oman , I do not feel ‘ stretched ’ in this post and also ( now I have reached the age of fifty ) miss being in England with children and family . |
| 3 | Indeed , it is said that he composed one aria while waiting for the rice to cook . |
| 4 | It was lunchtime so I bought a packet of Jaffa Cakes and more lager , which I drank while waiting for the ferry to start boarding . |
| 5 | While waiting for the kettle to boil , she stood at the window watching the rain . |
| 6 | A BIRDS EYE VIEW : Visitors make the most of the sideshows while waiting for the start of It 's a Knockout and Superstars . |
| 7 | He then ordered a car to call for him the next morning for a similar occasion and was felled by a stroke while waiting for the lift . |
| 8 | For John Prescot today , not a discrete silence while waiting for the leader 's call , he was making it clear that he wanted a swap to one of the top economic jobs . |
| 9 | While waiting for the bath to fill , she reflected on a fragmentary dream which , thanks to Dmitri , had surfaced in her memory . |
| 10 | Workers could not clear the tunnels of smoke while waiting for the rescue teams to arrive . |
| 11 | She realised with a shock that , while waiting for the disaster she believed was inevitable , she had been holding her breath . |
| 12 | The reading undertaken while under stress — while waiting for the dentist , for example , or while sitting in a plane during turbulence , or when fatigued at the end of the day — is usually of this order . |