Example sentences of "while [prep] the [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While through the ice the crimson berries glow . |
| 2 | The grandchildren always bathed in her kitchen rather than at home , and she ‘ looked after our heads ’ for lice , while after the bath the blind grandfather ‘ used to tickle our backs with stick in front of fire . ’ |
| 3 | The ape that Alison makes of Absolon , the excluded potential lover ( 3389 ) , re-emerges as John the clerk after Alayn has jumped into bed with Malyne ( 4202 ) , while throughout the night the miller , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " ( 3935 ) is left in the same position . |
| 4 | From the eighth century onward , there was a strong Christian presence in the northerly mountainous regions of Asturias , Cantabria and Galicia ; while in the south the caliphates flourished in Cordoba , Seville , Toledo and Granada . |
| 5 | He was silent for a moment , licking his lips , while in the background the sound of the Beatles blared out . |
| 6 | Kirsten proved a fine role model for the impressionable Rhodes throughout the tour , and while on the surface the pair could n't be more contrasting in appearance or temperament , there is no doubting that they shared the same total commitment to their game and country . |
| 7 | The Kleophrades Painter 's picture ( part , fig. 102 ) is on a similarly shaped field , between two concentric circles , but while on the cup the feet rest on the smaller circle , which encourages an explosive spread , the hydria-shoulder has the feet on the wider circle and the figures tend to lean together in more static pyramidal groupings . |
| 8 | To the north the Franks and Lombards threatened , while to the east the Vandals and Huns were carrying out attacks with the violence with which their names are now synonymous . |
| 9 | Heading along the well-trodden path a tarn , Llyn y Fan fawr , lies below , while to the east the distinctive summits of the Brecon Beacons loom . |
| 10 | Across the canyon rose Illimani 's triple summit , glinting in the dawn light and far grander than in our tiny photo , while to the right the untold delights of the Cordillera Real began to unfold . |
| 11 | The open left issues from the wraps at waist-level , close vertical folds hanging from the wrist , while over the rest the stuff lies in broad , smooth areas cut by a few sharp folds determined by the left knee . |
| 12 | NAM Chairman Roger Bryan felt it was very important to remember every effort made at fund-raising , while at the time the work might have seemed far removed from aviation preservation , this work was incremental in the success of the overall project . |