Example sentences of "and while [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During field-work there was only one incident related to sexual abuse , and this was dealt with by policemen , and while they showed something of a blasé attitude towards it in feeling that the victim was ‘ hardly touched ’ and the offender ‘ did n't do anything anyway ’ ( FN 2/11/87 , pp. 5–6 ) , they pursued the case thoroughly . |
| 2 | And while they force you to be what you do not want to be , they are also teaching you how to be parents . |
| 3 | There was about her something inhuman , and while I saw her as fey rather than remote , I was aware of my own inhumanity : something in me which was arid and incapable of desire . |
| 4 | ‘ Knowledge , ’ he insisted lightly , ‘ I have to confess that I still find you an unusual and delightful companion — an astonishingly beautiful young woman ; and while I watched you in Wexford market I felt — drawn . |
| 5 | He had picked her up half-conscious , and while he carried her to the hospital she had clung to him with a pitiful force . |