Example sentences of "while [noun prp] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathan charts the painful break with union which it seems remains his first love — while Corrigan delves into the psychology of a man who temporarily split up with his wife , Karen , as a result of the grinding pressures of the modern game . |
| 2 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 3 | His younger brother Fitz , who had been running on the ground , now took over Kendo 's role and chased the monkeys further , while Kendo followed on the ground , along with Macho , Ulysse , Brutus and several females . |
| 4 | The dancers engage in playful sport , dressed in simple turtle-coloured costumes , while Wagoner stands at the back as some kind of pondering philosopher figure . |
| 5 | Rosie was lounging on the couch in an orange silk shirt-dress , drinking cola from a can while Francisco sorted through the stack of CD discs . |
| 6 | While Donna lay in the bathtub , inaccurately bawling the bits she could remember of My Fair Lady , Alex dialled Matthew 's number , only to find that he had switched on his answering machine . |
| 7 | Zirnheld succeeded in placing bombs on a few trucks , while Jellicoe sat beside the road and saw nothing . |
| 8 | Charlotte sat feeding her baby while Enoch played on the hearthrug . |
| 9 | I ca n't drift off to dreamland on a shakedown settee while Eva paces round the flat , watching that Jamie does not slip into coma . |
| 10 | While CND concentrated on the aim of British nuclear disarmament , the American Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy — Sane for short — campaigned for general disarmament . |
| 11 | The situation was almost the same at Exeter , but 48 per cent of the subsidy assessments were at £1 , mostly on wages , while in Coventry these were only a handful out of a total of some 700 taxpayers , meaning that almost half the population literally ‘ possessed absolutely nothing but the rags they stood up in , a few sticks and boards for ‘ furniture ’ , and the tools of their trade , if any' , Exeter clearly enjoyed full employment — as full , that is , as was attainable in the conditions of the time — while Coventry languished in the grip of severe unemployment , and indeed in the early 1520s was undergoing a series of acute economic crises . |
| 12 | While Pottz came to the mountain , Richie waited for the mountain to come to him . |
| 13 | While Coleridge waited for the sun to set behind Dowsborough and Higher Hare Knap , he wrote the first fluent draft of a poem reworked soon afterwards as ‘ This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison ’ . |
| 14 | Toby lounged more comfortably in his chair , while Jackson chafed at the lack of hard evidence . |
| 15 | He stands back while Serafin comes into the centre of the room and slowly revolves on his heel . |
| 16 | Since delivery only required one of us , I 'd undertaken to go down to Fraxilly while Mala stayed with the ship . |
| 17 | Madeleine had on her spectacles and was reading the newspaper while Louis dozed on the sofa . |
| 18 | While Louis ducked into the saloon , Trent made his way forward . |
| 19 | Mick went into the post office while Paddy walked along the square to the hotel . |
| 20 | But while Yorkshire fail on the field there will always be discontent , and Boycott , after a period in which he appeared to have submerged himself in a media career , may head the opposition once more . |
| 21 | Eudoxus thus appears well-intentioned but naive , while Irenius emerges as the source of reason and experience . |
| 22 | They could spend their honeymoon staying in the old farmhouse which had once belonged to the d'Urbervilles , while Angel studied at the mill nearby . |
| 23 | Interestingly , while Lee rebelled against the notion of female inferiority , both she and Elderton were convinced of the importance of women 's role as wives and mothers . |
| 24 | Morrissey writes flamboyantly while Gedge converses with the listener in a questioning , deadpan tone . |
| 25 | Rex , for instance , has argued that most black people form an underclass in British society , occupying the most disadvantaged positions in employment , housing and other areas relative even to the white working class ( Rex and Tomlinson , 1979 ) , while Miles refers to the formation of a distinct black ‘ fraction ’ of the working class ( Miles , 1982 ) . |
| 26 | Within an hour the two women had decided which patterns to order , and Myra settled at her typewriter while Claudia perched on the edge of her desk to phone Dana . |
| 27 | Critics from within the transport industry pointed out , however , that while BR remained as the track and service authority , there was no guarantee that existing freight depots would remain open . |
| 28 | Wright comments : " Comparison of the two passages shows clearly that while Malcolm focuses on the basilect , Tania 's narrative is more diffuse . |
| 29 | for Liz , while Liz went into the house to get something , and someone came down Hurst Road , misjudged it , and scrapped the car door , bashed Lizzie 's side and scraped along side of her car , as she drove past . |
| 30 | Carrie was cast to play Mrs Fezziwig and the young woman who had fallen in love with the youthful Scrooge while Ginnie hid in the school happily making costumes with Miss Thorne 's older sister . |