Example sentences of "while [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mind you look after the tarts , Bailey , while I collect some roses for the gel here to take to Miss Mates . |
| 2 | ‘ Then you can go and get your lovely hair done while I get some food cooked . |
| 3 | Then , waving towards a low armchair , he added , ‘ Make yourself at home while I get some coffee , ’ and vanished through a door to the right that appeared to lead into an inner hall . |
| 4 | Look , you 'll have to wait a minute while I get some gloves . |
| 5 | ‘ We had some players on expensive long-term contracts that we could n't afford , while I got some players to agree to wage cuts , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
| 7 | Stay here while I put some newspapers down . ’ |
| 8 | He sat broodingly beside the fire while I made some coffee . |
| 9 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 10 | Come on — we 'll need to take some stuff — Haemacel , splints , airways , giving sets , saline — go and grab that lot while I find some coats for us . ’ |
| 11 | In another recent case , two-year-old James Austin , who had been left strapped into his baby seat by his mother , was driven away while she took some refuse to a rubbish dump some 50 yards from her parked car . |
| 12 | Indeed , while she produced some poems of distinct merit , she , like most labouring poets of her time , has until recently been forgotten . |
| 13 | She said people did not have to view the show if they were likely to find it offensive and while she found some photographs disturbing they should still be shown so people could form their own opinions . |
| 14 | Look , I 'll tell you what — I 'll wash the pots while you make some coffee . ’ |
| 15 | It is very easy to put the apostles on a sort of Olympic rostrum , and think that God will hang a gold medal round Paul 's neck , while we get some kind of lesser award . |
| 16 | Other Efta governments , while they maintain some reservations about specific issues such as fanning and neutrality , are apparently content with the finalité politique . |
| 17 | And then we 'd cycle to Pilton , and I was completely happy beside my big fine-looking uncle with his shiny blue-black hair while he made some dinner , and then we 'd potter about all afternoon in his garden and his little greenhouse . |
| 18 | She shivered a little , leaning on the balustrade and looking down into the darkness while he gave some instructions to the maid . |
| 19 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 20 | In response to further letters in A Quarterly , the Society justified its stance by saying that while it accepted some correspondents ' views that certain butlers of excellent quality were to be found in the houses of businessmen , ‘ the assumption had to be that the houses of true ladies and gentlemen would not refrain long from acquiring the services of any such persons ’ . |
| 21 | While it approved some types of drug testing , the Supreme Court did leave the anti-testing forces a glimmer of hope for ultimate legal containment . |