Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] while [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , pets such as dogs , cats or budgerigars have to be provided for , if it is not practical for anyone to look after them while the patient can not . |
| 2 | In the countryside , matters were no better ; the smaller shops in the villages and towns often produced insufficient income to support a family , so that the wife or daughter often looked after it while the man pursued another occupation . |
| 3 | It was a Saturday night and I had a fortnight of holiday ahead of me while the Airds were unexpectedly away , not to speak of the obligatory Sunday to get through , the one that would have fallen to me in any case . |
| 4 | She turned questioning eyes towards him while a forced smile played about her lips . |
| 5 | Putting in a new inspection chamber will involve digging quite a large hole in the ground — and supporting the sides of it while the chamber is being built to prevent them caving in . |
| 6 | The Order strikes not at the creation of the obligation but only at the performance of it while the Order is in force . |
| 7 | Being cradled against her mother 's soft warm body , Dot tried to feel like a baby , to remember what she had seen through the crack in the double doors as Gloria had cradled Baby against her while the nurses gathered round with protective outstretched arms . |
| 8 | Your opponent will tend to fixate on the Giant and divert a lot of his resources against it while the Boyz get on with winning the battle ( hopefully ! ) . |
| 9 | Crilly , I 'll tell you about the sparkle of Belgravia , the shimmer of white marble , a sumptuous , salubrious white , the sugary white of fluffy friendship , cloudship , feely white , and the slim cobblestone road which led to the river where I met James who was fresh from Waterstone 's with his arms full of Pinter plays , O he was as a young Terence Stamp , Crilly , but for the sly cracks of wisdom about the corners of his eyes , and we drank espresso and he told me about Spain and the high mountains of India , and the Pyrenees he had taken on foot , and though I was as trite as my shopping Saturdays and my small muggy and squirming palms in summertime , he painted my body swirly-lined and peach upon a large canvas and made love to me upon the tip of the Heath with all of London a basin of rooftops beneath us while the sky loomed low in grey and pink , the Heath a dark pudding of sloping mountains , wild and white and wide as Brontë country , with only the smug suburban cliffs of Highgate Village peering from behind its sprawling hem , and big dogs scurried like brown birds to the crevice of foothills and then disappeared , so we made love for a while beneath that sky , which cast a blaze upon us the colour of cream . |
| 10 | I did , however , find fascinating the figures produced by Lloyd 's showing that many of those syndicates that have performed badly had hardly any Lloyd 's insiders connected with them while the ones that performed best were stuffed full of professional working Names . |
| 11 | There was plenty of scandal about the Australian and Canadian troops being out with other men 's wives or , worse , being seen in doorways or entries with them while the blackout was on . |
| 12 | " Look , " his mother had said , making him watch with her while a tide spent itself . |
| 13 | The monk subsequently borrows a hundred francs from the merchant , pays it to the wife and enjoys a night in bed with her while the husband is away . |
| 14 | A few years earlier he had been the undisputed master of the empire : two hundred thousand of his warriors had paraded before him while a hundred thousand others guarded the marches of the north or fought the Somalis in the deserts to the east . |
| 15 | Alternatively , two divers can work from it while the standby diver remains on the surface . |
| 16 | I talk to them while the muzzle is tied in place and they then remain very docile . |
| 17 | Towsie ( nickname for one of the foreign miners ) came and sat down beside me while the smoke cleared a bit , and then took me to the trench , which was full of red embers , roasting the rock as when you roast eggs in the ashes . |
| 18 | Matthew came up beside her while the boys and girls were busy with their charts among the trees . |
| 19 | Then one stood guard over her while the other two searched the house . |
| 20 | This time the middle brother was keeping guard over it while the other two carried some of the fruit to market . |
| 21 | The animal and vegetal poles define the main axis of the embryo and the first two cleavages are parallel to it while the third is always at right angles to it . |
| 22 | A dropped tail continues to wriggle , keeping the attention of the predator focused on it while the prey makes its escape . |
| 23 | You may have time to prepare for it while the patient is in hospital , but the reality is still likely to hit you hard when he comes home . |
| 24 | They then endure buckets of water thrown at them while a member of Cullercoats Club sings the Grace Darling song ! |
| 25 | Duncan , not the greatest fan of junk food , had picked at his while the policeman enthusiastically devoured his . |
| 26 | He stared at her while the seconds flew past , and then he shook his head . |
| 27 | He went to the starboard side of the boat and took hold of a broad plank , heaving at it while the Captain remained still and silent , watching . |
| 28 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |