Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] while [art] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Order strikes not at the creation of the obligation but only at the performance of it while the Order is in force . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | " Look , " his mother had said , making him watch with her while a tide spent itself . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I talk to them while the muzzle is tied in place and they then remain very docile . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A dropped tail continues to wriggle , keeping the attention of the predator focused on it while the prey makes its escape . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They then endure buckets of water thrown at them while a member of Cullercoats Club sings the Grace Darling song ! |
| 14 | Duncan , not the greatest fan of junk food , had picked at his while the policeman enthusiastically devoured his . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |