Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [pers pn] while [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned questioning eyes towards him while a forced smile played about her lips . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 . |