Example sentences of "while [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's when Mrs Marsh from over the road comes and sits with her while I get to the shops . |
| 2 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 3 | I followed Jack 's Mercedes a short way along the side roads and he then headed due south while I shot down the motorway towards home . |
| 4 | ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ? |
| 5 | A botanist spent 10 minutes trying to identify it for me , while I fretted between the reception desk and the child . |
| 6 | She 's supporting an unemployed Turkish waiter with my money while I sit in the dark . |
| 7 | Next year my wife starts in earnest on the gardens , driving back to Blackberry and Elver , while I experiments with the outside colour scheme . |
| 8 | I take her to school , I come back , and my husband shoots off he minds the other two for me while I go to the school . |
| 9 | When six chimed on the clock above the door , I reluctantly asked him to push the blind back in , and to lock up while I checked over the day 's takings . |
| 10 | The sting proved a lightning cure for his hangover , for he stood rubbing his arse while I rushed to the farmacia for a remedy . |
| 11 | He unselfishly stayed on the crag while I struggled with The Fang in wintry dusk and rain . |
| 12 | She sat like that for what seemed like ages while I tramped round the room , nervous and on edge and blabbering with the excitement . |
| 13 | I affected to become social with the others but out of the corner of my mind — while I played for the others the part of a poor miner 's son who was puzzled , but delighted by the attention these lovely people paid to him — I had her under close observation … |
| 14 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
| 15 | Department managers , new checkouts , do all the bits and pieces on , and wanted me to do , while I wait for the shift to come in , and they start at seven . |
| 16 | While I wait in the darkness , the damn grill drags out its dying spasms like it was Jimmy Cagney on the steps of City Hall . |
| 17 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 18 | Hour after hour the legions marched past , walking as much over each others ' bodies as over the ground , while I waited for the queen . |
| 19 | ‘ While I waited for the doctor , worried stiff , a girl arrived , advanced in labour . |
| 20 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 21 | Nathan had watched while I went under the rock , had been surprised when I vigorously stood up and had stood transfixed as I gently pitched forwards off the rock . |
| 22 | Mala agreed with a surprisingly little hesitation to stay behind and protect the ship , while I went into the spaceport city . |
| 23 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 24 | I was beginning to feel sleepy , and very cold ; the temperature seemed to have gone down , and I was shivering even while I sweated from the furnace-like emanations of the curry . |
| 25 | you see I moved a bit more now but and I I 've still got good hearing er apart from this ear here , this ear , I ca n't hear so well , quite so well , this side , you see so I always have to say excuse me while I , hang on while I turn off the television , you see , and then they have to wait a minute till I turn it off and then what I do is because I have this phone extension put in |
| 26 | With the borrowed gun I keep him covered while I back to the cabin door and open it . |
| 27 | I noted last week , while I hung like the average orang-outang from a strap in a train on the London underground , gazing about at travellers ' knitteds , that many of them had cuffs rolled up . |
| 28 | It took a conscious effort to resist the urge to close my eyes , while I signalled to the traffic behind and made an emergency stop . |
| 29 | So just sit back and wait while I disappear into the studio . |
| 30 | While I sulked in the tent , nursing my wounds and recovering from the thorough sandbagging , Mick was hatching a plan . |