Example sentences of "while [v-ing] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They only person in the play to whom he reveals some of his real feelings is Roderigo , but only while using him as a tool , spending his money , and working him up to be the accomplice in his attack on Othello . |
| 2 | It subsequently emerged that he had been assassinated by a young Tamil woman who triggered explosives strapped to her back while presenting him with a bouquet . |
| 3 | The Count himself appears on horseback on the right-hand side of the portal , above a capital , while counterbalancing him on the left is a monster devouring a man ( only the bottom half of him remains to go down ) . |
| 4 | Hypnotists now often suggest that the subject focuses his attention by staring fixedly at a drawing pin on the wall , while telling him in rather monotonous tones that he is becoming more relaxed and sleepy . |
| 5 | While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein . |
| 6 | The encounter could be read as establishing that he has been silly , while clearing him of a certain … imputation . |