Example sentences of "[noun pl] while [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 2 | Mike is one of those shiny people who carry a square of bright blue sky above their heads while it rains on the rest of us . |
| 3 | We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . |
| 4 | He was never found , though they searched for him on elephants while we returned to the palace . |
| 5 | For many years Harrods had a creche where customers could leave their dogs while they shopped in the store . |
| 6 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 7 | The Prussians were horrified to learn that in Pomerania and Danzig the surviving Polish nobility were reluctant to work for the new authorities and much preferred to lease out their estates to tenant farmers while they lived off the income in Warsaw . |
| 8 | Holding paint brushes in the hand while mixing paints from tubes can not be that comfortable , so find a suitable plastic or tin container to hang onto the oil travelling box ; screw a hook into the side of the lid as a place to park your brushes while you fiddle with the tubes of paint . |
| 9 | We have closed our ears to his cries and left him in the shadows while we walked in the light . ’ |
| 10 | She sat like that for what seemed like ages while I tramped round the room , nervous and on edge and blabbering with the excitement . |
| 11 | ‘ The children sat still and were quiet for ten minutes while they listened to the story . |
| 12 | He had been friends while they talked in the spinney , and while they made the dam on the stream and read their paperbacked books after they 'd eaten their sandwiches . |
| 13 | From 1867 Stuart organized private courses while he arranged for the university to be presented by provincial towns with reasoned requests for the provision of university lectures . |
| 14 | She started up the engine and fumbled with the gears while he moved to the back of the vehicle and hauled out her overnight bag . |