Example sentences of "while he [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was holding the bucking steering wheel with his artificial hand while he felt under the dashboard for his cigarettes . |
| 2 | While he waited for a response he got up and moved ponderously to the wind-up gramophone housed in a carved oaken cabinet in a cornet of the room . |
| 3 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 4 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 5 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 6 | Parr kept his window open , and while he waited on the line , let the sounds from outside wash his consciousness . |
| 7 | Paul Aitken has always hankered after the bright lights , so at the age of forty-two he 's handing over his business to his staff while he goes on the road to promote his record . |
| 8 | He led her back into the bedroom and sat her on the chair while he rummaged in the chest . |
| 9 | ‘ Na , na , na , baby ’ ducking his head down and shaking it , his elbows bent up and his clicking fingers held high behind his ears , while he footed round the room . |
| 10 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |
| 11 | The occupational therapist may supply portable handrails in the early stages after the stroke , so that the patient has some support on each side while he sits on the toilet , although these should not be used to lean on when standing up or sitting down . |
| 12 | The researcher could be heard in the next room , stalling on the telephone while he looked through the file for the references . |
| 13 | One pushed her into the passenger seat while he got into the driver 's seat and the other jumped into the back . |
| 14 | Finally her arms went gently round his waist , and for a long time they sat there , while he listened to the sounds of the party , and felt — against his side , and within the perimeter his arm made around her — the gentle ebb and flow of her breath , Please , please , do n't come now , Mrs Hunter . |
| 15 | With an increase of bland courtesy he insists that she stay in the car while he talks to the girl behind the Reception desk . |
| 16 | I was hungry but had to wait while he fiddled with a saucepan and then made me endure the smell of the meat coming from it . |
| 17 | Corbett told his companions to wait while he searched for the purveyor , Alexander . |
| 18 | Adam reached out for a fig-leaf — kept it on while he swung through the trees |
| 19 | While he sang to the girl the Don wants to come to her window , calling her his treasure , asking her not to be cruel , at least to let him see her , he looked at Alice , turned his face away from the audience who had gathered and looked at her . |
| 20 | The proprietor greeted them pleasantly then left them alone while he attended to a customer who had followed them in . |
| 21 | I stood beside him while he cursed at the keys and thumped the side window . |
| 22 | When Michele had retrieved the crutch from the back seat Luce followed him into the bare concrete building and waited while he knocked at the door of one of the ground-floor flats . |
| 23 | I was just in the office typing and er and general office work and while he went on the district you see . |
| 24 | Alan left him howling in the cot again while he went for a bowl of water . |
| 25 | But Connon stopped me , said Marcus had asked him to order while he went to the bog , and thrust a pint into my hand . |
| 26 | He dropped his briefcase on the chesterfield , and Mrs Stych snatched it up crossly and took it into his den , while he went to the refrigerator in search of ice cubes for a drink . |
| 27 | She was told to sit tight while he went round the corner to the newsagent , returning with an armful of print . |
| 28 | Thorn EMI also has a new DIY video-disc manual on car repairs , which will allow the viewer to skip sections he 's not interested in , freeze frames etc while he takes in the details . |
| 29 | The whizzkid winger missed all the build-up games while he recovered from a summer knee operation , but he has been included in a 15-man squad . |
| 30 | Whoever gunned Mahoney while he lay in a hospital bed need have no pipe dreams about Murder Two or other lesser charge . |