"while" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

while sustantivo

while + verbo
Kolokacji: 15
while trying • while keeping • while watching • while looking • while maintaining • ...
(2) watch, look, listen, stare
Kolokacji: 4
1. while watching = podczas gdy patrząc while watching
2. while looking = podczas gdy patrząc while looking
3. while listening = podczas gdy słuchając while listening
  • Then he just lies there for a while, listening to the surf, and the popping of the wood in the stove.
  • Nell waited for a while, listening, and could no longer hear the contingent approaching from below.
  • They both sat there for a while just listening to the sound of Richard Long's breathing equipment and heart monitors.
  • We sat for a while listening to the zoo sounds.
  • Then I went down on one knee as if adjusting my shoe, all the while listening closely.
  • The hot tea gave her a little strength; she drank it all and sat a while listening to the wind.
  • In the court she stood a while listening to the nervous rhythms coming from inside the room.
  • He called out for Flavius, who had been close all the while, listening to everything.
  • She stood for a while listening to the sound of the surf.
  • Kirk did the same at her side, all the while listening intently for the sound of running footsteps behind them.
4. while staring = podczas gdy wpatrując się while staring
(3) mutter, say
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + while
Kolokacji: 21
take a while • get in a while • update for a while • lie for a while • sit for a while • ...
adjetivo + while
Kolokacji: 5
little while • short while • long while • good while • great while
preposición + while
Kolokacji: 5
for a while • after a while • in a while • worth one's while • between whiles

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