Example sentences of "[adv prt] while [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every one had to be taken out and held down while we picked off the ants that were sinking their jaws between the scales . |
| 2 | He died on the way down while we were carrying him to pit bottom . |
| 3 | When it is the first day , put your hands down while we 're ex while I 'm explaining this , when you say when it 's the first day of any month whether it 's the first of February or the first of April or the first of December , instead of say you say this word you say for the first of the month |
| 4 | So he put it in shed , left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before , he took it down , I 'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it 's no damn good , we went on holiday and me daughter 's boyfriend came down while we were away and er , he must of been looking in dustbin he says what 's this telly doing , our Mandy said it 's no good , me dad 's slinging it out , so he took it home and fixed it , it 's been going ever since |
| 5 | Her eyes unfocused , her mind back in the past , she continued softly , reminiscently , ‘ It was after the war , you see , and women had become used to working , being independent , and jobs they 'd held down while their men were away fighting they were n't about to give up easily . |
| 6 | Her name was Annette and she seemed to do all the serving and running up and down while her rather dour and unhealthy-looking mother issued the orders . |
| 7 | The gun lay on the covers , where she had put it down while they were talking . |
| 8 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 9 | Janet watched as her daughter knelt down while she was coated with plaster . |
| 10 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 11 | Work him up and down while she licked the rest of his body , work her way up , lift herself over him , her fingers now slipping inside herself . |
| 12 | It took her a moment to recognize the handwriting on the second envelope and when she did , she put it down while she plugged in the kettle and took a croissant from the breadbin . |
| 13 | Her hands slid up his chest , her fingers uncurling against the hard wall of muscle , tracing every strong lean line until they brushed against the warm skin of his throat , then slid on to draw his head back down while she kissed him just as tenderly , just as achingly as he had kissed her . |
| 14 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 15 | As the first axe cut into the Tree , a great wailing cry of agony rent the thick stifling heat of the workshop and Nuadu knew at once that the Tree had been taken down while it lived and while the naiad still dwelled within it . |
| 16 | Suddenly , it growled at her , bent its great shaggy head , picked up the carcass in bloody jaws and padded away to settle on the grass , paws holding the meat down while it tore the flesh with its teeth . |
| 17 | I set the float two inches shallower , and then lay the rod down while I spend five minutes trickling maggots down the run . |
| 18 | ‘ It was n't just a case of me having to lay vocals down while I was over there . |
| 19 | It was just to keep his head down while I moved . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I suggest we sit down while I explain them to you briefly . ’ |
| 21 | Ken said , ‘ I had to put it down while I put the amp into the van . |
| 22 | There was Ling 's list to be purchased from the wholesale stores … alterations to the house to be considered … an architect to pin down while I was in town and had the opportunity to do so — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Let's walk up and down while I tell you . ’ |
| 24 | Benstede sighed and gestured to Corbett to sit down while he slumped , head on hand , on a stool near the table . |
| 25 | Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray . |
| 26 | And he could have put it down while he was here . |
| 27 | For ten to twenty minutes he would lie there without moving , except for one eyebrow which jigged up and down while his mouth twitched sideways . |
| 28 | He foiled her easily , holding her down while his palm dealt her six of the best . |
| 29 | Brush yourself down while you 're waiting . |
| 30 | How might you incorporate the principle of Ephesians 4:26–27 , ‘ Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry , and do not give the devil a foothold ’ , into a goal for your marriage ? |