Example sentences of "[vb infin] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would take me there but could I wait while she changed her clothes . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll wait while you let yourself in , ’ he said , in an attempt at sounding policeman-like , and she smiled at him . |
| 3 | In broadcasting decisions have to be made quickly : a broadcast can not wait while some minute or other is pending in a civil servant 's in-tray . |
| 4 | He could do nothing but wait while the procedure which he had initiated for excommunicating the king if he refused to restore his rights and revenues crawled towards its conclusion . |
| 5 | The Empire 's army was so weakened by the loss of its forces that Sigismund could do nothing but watch and wait while the Orc hordes devastated the surrounding lands . |
| 6 | She stopped a taxi , returned in it to the house , made it wait while she ran in to drag down any other curtains that remained . |
| 7 | My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished ! |
| 8 | Let's start again — and the expiry date is — yes , certainly I 'll wait while you get your other bag — Hello , yes — oh , it was the wrong card , was it ? |
| 9 | Stormily , she went on , ‘ I suppose I was meant to sit back and wait while you danced attendance on your number one girlfriend , was I ? |
| 10 | That 's why I 'm saying let's wait while |
| 11 | Oh wait a minute , I 'll wait while those of you who are anally challenged will check that . |
| 12 | Cos then you 've got ta wait while they |
| 13 | Yeah well you see you can make quite a few nice little pounds for yourself if you can say to your friends I can undercut I wo n't chat while you get across here if you can say to your friends I can do it cheaper than the |
| 14 | Leave space in your suitcase for any duty-free items , presents , or works of art that you may buy while you are away . |
| 15 | One person in each team is then given the name of an item that someone might buy while out shopping such as : carrots , a newspaper , a magazine , fish , jam , cheese and bananas . |
| 16 | Generally , he came downstairs to wash and shave while she was doing this , but today she took him up a tray so he could have his breakfast in bed . |
| 17 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 18 | A further example is the modern Australian lungfish , of the genus dipnoi , which has a substance in its brain that lowers its metabolism when rivers seasonally dry up , as if it were hibernating , so it could survive while others died off . |
| 19 | In this way , many investment projects which enterprises are at present unwilling to undertake could be made attractive : the cost of capital would fall while the prospective returns rise . |
| 20 | The practical street-boy had , as it were , foreseen what the enterprise would need while he was developing what his gang enjoyed as a game : |
| 21 | And you can bring along the schedules we 'll need while we 're there . |
| 22 | How did you feel while you were trying ? |
| 23 | Under its agreement with IBM Corp , Intel Corp can only sit back and watch while IBM stuffs its versions of the Intel iAPX-86 microprocessor family into boards and sells them on the OEM market , and yesterday , IBM 's Electronic Card Assembly & Test Plant in Charlotte , North Carolina announced contracts totalling $344m to manufacture personal computer planar boards for two California firms : Eteq Microsystems Inc in Milpitas and that new company , Alaris Inc , just formed by those Everexes in Fremont ( CI No 2,121 ) . |
| 24 | Dement reports some further experiments in his book Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep . " |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps I shall watch while she drinks her fill of his manhood and sucks him dry of his accursed wolfseed . |
| 26 | The ordinary German people could only sit and watch while he reduced their homes , possessions and friends to rubble and a tangled , indistinguishable mess . |
| 27 | Joan Gibbs an owner says it 's a good night out … you can sit and watch while you have a meal … have a bet … it 's everything … |
| 28 | Our balance of payments will never improve while trade continues to be a one-way traffic . |
| 29 | All I 'm allowed to do is study while the others do what they like . |
| 30 | Responsible parents do n't smoke while they are near their baby , ’ she said . |