Example sentences of "[adv prt] while [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every one had to be taken out and held down while we picked off the ants that were sinking their jaws between the scales . |
| 2 | It took her a moment to recognize the handwriting on the second envelope and when she did , she put it down while she plugged in the kettle and took a croissant from the breadbin . |
| 3 | I 've turned it o , I , I turned it off while you went in the garage . |
| 4 | When six chimed on the clock above the door , I reluctantly asked him to push the blind back in , and to lock up while I checked over the day 's takings . |
| 5 | It was haunted , of course , by the ghost of a witch 's daughter ; the sea had risen up while she walked along the shore here , and swept her away because of her wickedness . |
| 6 | No wild animals , just ponies , monkeys and dogs , but it was great thrill seeing a girl in green tights and a frilly skirt , standing on a pony 's back while it galloped round the ring . |
| 7 | You get as close to it as you can and get your brother out while we deal with the hijackers . ’ |
| 8 | I did not date the typed copy I made — for Dana could not or would not type , and after we had finished a poem to our common satisfaction , I had to type it out while he rested on the bed — but I am fairly certain it was written soon after I met Dana in that Spanish class for foreigners , which I have noted in my 1957 Letts Diary : ‘ Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 9 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 10 | you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in |
| 11 | Adam reached out for a fig-leaf — kept it on while he swung through the trees |