Example sentences of "while [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One minute a well-behaved group of us — writers , intellectuals and so forth — were contentedly watching Zelda Plum dancing with the chinchilla on her head while Ken the Australian Horse Player offered odds ( 'Six to four the rat , ’ he used to say , I do not know why , and on this particular evening the rat escaped and tripped up Robin Fox , London 's most distinguished theatrical agent , who fell on top of Wales 's friend , the actress Susan George ) and the next a squad of hooligans were pushing people around and conjuring a piece of pot from Mrs Mouse 's sewing basket . |
| 2 | While Jane the orphan was resting she started courting a Manchester boy . |
| 3 | I was happy with second while Frank the Scouse was fifth with 5 lb 6 oz . |
| 4 | While Louis the German went eastwards to the Rhineland , after agreeing to another meeting at Langres in September , Charles 's first move after Fontenoy was westwards into Aquitaine . |
| 5 | If Gay came , she would be indoors a good deal , and would be company for Susan while Breeze the Breadwinner was out . |
| 6 | Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them ! |
| 7 | Women currently aged 45 to 59 said they 'd only had 2.6 lovers , while men the same age boasted of 13.6 girlfriends . |
| 8 | Political events from time to time touched peasants directly : war and external attack harmed their lands and families , while Charles the Bald 's fiscal demands affected all levels of the peasant work-force at least on royal and ecclesiastical estates . |
| 9 | He began with a column in the Weekly Dispatch , contributed to Fun , and wrote articles on sport and the theatre while sub-editing the Oxford magazine , the Dark Blue . |
| 10 | While John the Divine describes himself to the seven churches in Asia as your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom ’ ( Rev. 1:9 ) . |
| 11 | While taxi-ing the crew received an airways clearance and the aircraft was lined up on the runway without delay . |