Sentence examples for while work went on from inspiring English sources

"We could only do so much," she said, adding that planners had originally intended to shut down the downtown spur entirely, before relenting and agreeing to keep one lane open while work went on.

For the moment, the mall finds itself shrouded in greater obscurity than ever, as construction scaffolding hides shop facades and plywood covers sidewalks while work goes on to retool its overall look.

While the work goes on, six productions this fall and next spring will be performed nearby.

Whole segments of the centre became dusty no-go areas while the work went on.

While the work went on, settlers quietly moved into trailer homes that had supposedly been brought in for the workmen.

One of the authors of the book visited Clifford Holland inside the tunnel, and described him joking and relaxing in the pressurized air … while the work went on around him.

Not content to sit by while the works went on the block, preservationists led by Ted Wells, a Laguna Beach designer, set up an organization they call the Guardian Trust, with the intent of buying back the pieces.

The cooking was more intimate the next day when Adrià and I made the staff meal for two in the main kitchen area while the big work went on elsewhere.

The strain of writing these plays, while his critical and political work went on unabated, so sapped Shaw's strength that a minor illness became a major one.

In September 2000, the Food and Drug Administration suspended clinical tests because of what it saw as a failure by the center to document its research, though work went on while the clinic closed for a year.

While that work goes on, the aftershocks continue.