Example sentences of "[pron] while [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are binding on you while you work for the ES and after you leave the organisation , both at work and in your own time . |
| 2 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 3 | I take her to school , I come back , and my husband shoots off he minds the other two for me while I go to the school . |
| 4 | To explain just why , you will have to bear with me while I explain about the naming of modern medical potions . |
| 5 | Now correct me if I 'm wrong , I 'll look in the other r Excuse me while I look in the other room . |
| 6 | That 's when Mrs Marsh from over the road comes and sits with her while I get to the shops . |
| 7 | I go to the front door and sweet talk her while you go round the back , into the kitchen and get the money inside the spare teapot . |
| 8 | I chat with her while she waits for the tub to fill . |
| 9 | He was now leaning back in his chair , having completed his own frugal meal , contemplating her while she polished off the final remains of her own large one . |
| 10 | Knowing she had to support herself , they paid her while she trained at the Manchester school . |
| 11 | I stood beside him while he cursed at the keys and thumped the side window . |
| 12 | He was relaxed , a contrast to the tension which had gripped him while he spoke of the MacQuillan calumny . |
| 13 | I had never known that world and I wondered how Olga felt , consigning me to it while she luxuriated in the house . |
| 14 | And I just saw myself washing it while he sat in the bath . |
| 15 | What am I going to do with it while I run into the lavatories to wash my hands … ? |
| 16 | In the evening , after a snack rather than a meal , I went up to the loft and used the telescope to take a distant look at the island , making sure that nothing had happened to it while I rested inside the house . |
| 17 | It 's as if that bright warm light has left the room , but the air is still full of her presence and I 'm smiling to myself while I fiddle with the bed . |