Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] while [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 2 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 3 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 4 | Harris paused for a few seconds while he negotiated the cabriolet over some deep ruts in the high road . |
| 5 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
| 6 | Jessamy sat in silence for a few seconds while she digested that piece of information . |
| 7 | So I went back to alight indicator , pulled down only a few inches , which was enough to allow the bream to suck the bait to their lips , and then I paused for a few seconds while I watched the line from the rod-tip tightening in the water . |
| 8 | Anyway , he turned up at my house sometime later and , sure enough , I had n't finished it — so we sat down and did it together , along with a few others while we were in the mood . ’ |
| 9 | Vincent liked to have him sitting drowsily on the floor of his studio on a few sacks while he worked . |