Example sentences of "while she [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During those five minutes , while she was reading the history of the poppadom from the back of a packet , a female voice said to her , in a strangled way , ‘ Mrs Bouverie ? ’ |
| 2 | Two men , aged 26 and 27 , contested the case but were found guilty of rape and aiding and abetting each other on the sex attacks on a 21-year-old French woman , who told how the two burst into her room at a friend 's flat while she was reading the Bible . |
| 3 | While she was gone the old lady looked across at Wycliffe . |
| 4 | Ross said some hours later as he entered the apartment while she was giving the children their supper . |
| 5 | Later , while she was crossing the foyer of the hospital , she stopped to admire the colourful blooms on the flower stall just inside the door — carnations , pyrethrums , freesias and anemones . |
| 6 | He had knocked on the back door while she was kneading the first batch of bread dough she had ever made in her life — something to do , she thought crossly , with coming to the country — and she had gone to answer him with floury hands and a frown . |
| 7 | No help at all , I should think — I once fell asleep while she was arguing the pros and cons of Henry versus Hank-from-Texas , and toppled onto the floor with a very loud crash which woke everyone up . |
| 8 | There was n't much he could do about Preston except shout abuse across the garden fence at his nan while she was putting the washing out , but he managed to persuade her it would be a mistake sending him to a Catholic school . |
| 9 | While she was making the coffee , boiling her kettle , he glanced across at her Herald Tribune . |