Example sentences of "while [pron] [vb base] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 2 | My date gets out of the car to go buy popcorn while I fix up the speaker . |
| 3 | To allow time to sort myself out we decided to sack this fish in the deep margin under some cover while I set up the camera equipment and finished a somewhat cold coffee . |
| 4 | ‘ Now then — you can start to dry yourself with that towel , while I heat up the tongs . ’ |
| 5 | Marie smokes a fag while I brush up the hair and stick it in the bin . |
| 6 | Push the loop down his left sleeve with your left hand while you reach up the sleeve with your right hand to grasp it . |
| 7 | In a few days time we 'll be sitting him on top of a bonfire and standing around in the cold night while we light up the sky with loads of colour . |
| 8 | The conveyor is moved from one end to the other keeping the load as level as possible while we top up the hold . |