Example sentences of "while she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noticing the creative/fantasy element in their talk , the teacher encouraged them , once the castle was finished , to make up a story together about what happened in the castle , while she wrote their ideas down for them . |
| 2 | She sat in her car and turned the heater on while she wrote her comments on a piece of paper . |
| 3 | The remainder of Cynthia 's visit was spent in supporting Dorothy 's arm while she wrote a letter that was to be given to the solicitor — a Mr Graham Lytham of Messrs Granby , Hemingford and Bowles — and handed in person to Dorothy 's son when he received his gift . |
| 4 | He listened , quiet and attentive , while she conned over the breeding of the yearlings , answering his questions with knowledge and certainty . |
| 5 | She looked slyly at my master , just like Queen Margaret had , though she greeted us civilly enough , ordering servants to take our guide and the baggage off to the guest house while she entertained us with cups of wine , fresh-baked bread and huge bowls of hot spicy broth . |
| 6 | While she avoids her neighbours pride |
| 7 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 8 | Ann Cook , 48 , of Church Road , Yardley , Birmingham , who ran the Posh Paws parlour , had tethered the dog to a table next to the heater to dry while she made herself lunch , said Mr Wykeham Garsia , prosecuting . |
| 9 | Mrs Cook left for 15 minutes while she made lunch in the kitchen . ’ |
| 10 | I was lying on my room carpet wearing a balaclava back to front , pinned down by my friend with her knees on my shoulders , while she made whooping noises like a submarine diving . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , landing in heavily greased jerseys and long-john underwear , with a revolver in a supposedly waterproof packet and carrying the waterproofed torch and compass , was difficult enough after several days in the confined quarters of submarine HMS Triumph while she made a periscope survey of Rhodes ' beaches , often having to dive below 60 feet ( 18m ) , because in these clear waters a submarine at shallower depth is plainly seen from the air . |
| 12 | Well laid out , so far as Newman could see while she made the tea . |
| 13 | While she made tea with her usual haphazard efficiency , she put me into the picture . |
| 14 | She made him stand idly on the sidewalk while she made a big deal of paying the cab driver . |
| 15 | He sat on a stool by the breakfast bar while she made coffee . |
| 16 | Helen left her trying while she made a phone call . |
| 17 | Loved him enough to steel herself to lie and excuse herself that afternoon , while she made her way to the Amtel clinic . |
| 18 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 19 | He stood at Rodie 's side while she made the courtyard ring with her eerie yodelling welcome . |
| 20 | Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ? |
| 21 | Police and officials cordoned off corridors leading to the courtroom while she made a three-minute appearance . |
| 22 | Rachel stayed in her bedroom dressing , while she heard people coming and going from the villa incessantly , her father cheerful and everyone rushing around like mad trying to get ready . |
| 23 | It resisted her attempts to remove it and she asked the patient to wait while she asked the doctor to look at it . |
| 24 | Jannie instinctively hid her cigarette behind her back when the kitchen door opened ; John hated to see her smoking while she cooked . |
| 25 | She always had some piece of sewing stuck in her belt while she cooked . |
| 26 | While she remains there , in any capacity , we must have the gravest doubts whether safety will ever be taken seriously at Larksoken . ' ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Only while she remains in the house , ’ Doreen argued . |
| 28 | She sits me down in Jamie 's heap of a living room while she clatters in the kitchenette . |
| 29 | While she understood Margrida 's wish to show off the little boy , visiting her friend would mean extending the deception in which she and Vitor were involved . |
| 30 | Charles made just two fleeting references to his wife , while she stared blankly ahead . |