Example sentences of "while she [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood at Rodie 's side while she made the courtyard ring with her eerie yodelling welcome . |
| 2 | Well laid out , so far as Newman could see while she made the tea . |
| 3 | It resisted her attempts to remove it and she asked the patient to wait while she asked the doctor to look at it . |
| 4 | He set her on her feet without a word and steadied her while she manoeuvred the crutch into position . |
| 5 | She had left her son Mark , aged 13 months , with her sister , Georgina Gough , 11 , in the broken down Marina car , while she walked the half-mile to the emergency telephone . |
| 6 | While she recognised the figure of her cousin 's fiancé , whom she 'd met at their engagement party , the man standing beside him was a complete stranger . |
| 7 | Finally Miss Thorne refused to wait any longer and told them to take a short break while she left the hall to make a phone call to Hillbrook Farm . |
| 8 | She examined the shoulder again , and made him sit up while she tested the arm for full movement . |
| 9 | And he did , propping himself up against the wall and chatting lightheartedly to the patient while she wound the plaster bandage round the broken wrist . |
| 10 | McLeish , naturally efficient and brought up by a mother with firm views on men 's participation in the drearier household chores , took just over an hour to sort her kitchen to her satisfaction while she got the living-room straight , with all the books unpacked . |
| 11 | Penry stood over her while she drank the milk , then put a hand to the lamp , but she smiled at him coaxingly . |
| 12 | Bella married a butcher who displayed her photographs in his shop while she charmed the customers in the same way she had charmed the stars . |
| 13 | That brief reference to his stepfather was haunting her , and she wished she 'd found out more while she had the chance . |
| 14 | Hari prided herself that while she had the skill and the strength of any shoemaker , she also had a flair for design that most cobblers lacked , Emily would learn that lesson to her cost . |
| 15 | Sorrel busied herself fetching glasses while she yelled the introductions . |
| 16 | He made her a cup of tea while she sorted the washing , closed up the cases and pushed them into the cupboard under the stairs . |
| 17 | There was a pause while she feared the ploy had failed . |
| 18 | He listened carefully while she recalled the arrival of Adam Carver and her conversation with him . |
| 19 | While she noted the advantages of this : ‘ Indeed , the post combining staff and training responsibilities is a fairly successful combination since both jobs require an overall view of the entire system and neither job is particularly attached to any of the service functions ’ , ( as opposed to designated training officers also being attached to any particular aspect of the service ) , lack of sufficient time to devote to training was often commented on by the named training officers in our sample . |
| 20 | While she filled the tank of the lady 's car she told her the legend of the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 21 | Sometimes she 'd keep me waiting there for over an hour while she scanned the surroundings through 180 degrees , over and over again . |
| 22 | She told me that perhaps her agnosticism was a help in this respect , because , while she respected the faith of religious people and found religious ideas fascinating , she was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed . |
| 23 | I had arranged myself ( while she arranged the flowers I 'd brought ) with my back nearly to the light . |
| 24 | But things were mixed up and while she received the soul of a man , she was given the body of a woman . ’ |
| 25 | After spending two weeks in Edinburgh and London , discussing plans for the final publication of her surveys in the Golan undertaken while she held the Lady Carlisle Fellowship , she returned to Oxford and enjoyed the hospitality of Somerville S. C. R. for a fortnight 's intensive work in the libraries . |
| 26 | There was a long pause while she cleared the bed of her things , and she was aware of his eyes on her every movement as he checked over the items she 'd packed for any signs of decadence . |
| 27 | While she examined the papers , he would distract her attention by asking questions about other matters . |
| 28 | Tamar nibbled her bottom lip while she regarded the groom . |
| 29 | While she wandered the earth all the crops withered , and Zeus , so that men would not starve , arranged for Persephone to return to her . |
| 30 | She debated it while she used the facilities , and decided — why not ? |