Example sentences of "while [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Wycliffe sat , unruffled in his chair , while Florrie calmed herself by going to make tea . |
2 | We must put all our energies into the preparation for Belle Ile while Schellenberg busies himself with the Steiner affair . ’ |
3 | As the revelations gathered pace in America strenuous efforts were made to distance the president from the facts , while North busied himself with his office shredder . |
4 | Inside the kitchen , while Carrie busied herself at the range , Seb hovered behind her , wanting to touch her , but not daring to , in case she objected . |
5 | After the meal she went on knitting the complicated sweater while Penry immersed himself in the newspapers he 'd bought earlier in the day . |
6 | Wycliffe lazed in his chair , while Helen lost herself in the zany twilight world of Iris Murdoch . |
7 | Had n't he taken a day off to go fishing , while Adam busied himself with prospective clients ? |
8 | Farika wandered around with her unused plastic for four days , expectation the watchword on her lips , while Sara found herself in a much better position to comment . |
9 | The Duke of Wellington was happily seated between two attractive young ladies , while Lucille found herself between d'Alembord and a Dutch gunner colonel who complained about the victory eggs , refused the soup , and said the bread was too hard . |
10 | In Carlyle Mansions itself , Hayward 's own rooms were at the front of the building and looked over the river and the gardens while Eliot satisfied himself with a study and bedroom down a dark passage at the back of the building . |
11 | Wycliffe and Curtis sat in the stern while Smith placed himself in the lee of the fo'c'sle on a little tip-up seat by the wheel . |