Example sentences of "in [noun] while [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sidacai had been held in chains while he was a prisoner , and the marks of the manacles were plain upon his wrists . |
| 2 | ‘ Everyone wrote off Norwich a few weeks ago , but they beat Sheffield United in midweek while we lost , and Villa slipped up by only drawing with Tottenham . |
| 3 | Sometimes my brothers and I were allowed to get out of the car with him and peek at the movie in progress while he spoke to the manager or cashier . |
| 4 | For an hour the men were placed in pairs while they received basic instructions , first in defence and then attack . |
| 5 | Panoramic visions of the whole village circle going up in flames while our cameras captured the moment danced before our eyes . |
| 6 | WHATEVER ELSE it brings , April 9 marks the anniversary of the death of Francis Bacon , the philosopher who perished in 1626 from bronchitis contracted in Highgate while he was experimenting with ways of preserving chickens in snow . |
| 7 | Keep to the safest , simplest dishes when eating in restaurants while you follow the F-Plan slimming diet . |
| 8 | Thus , it appeared to be a curiously odd appointment to the District as the most active and successful Tutorial Classes already existed in Northamptonshire while there were large tracts of East Anglia where , from the WEA standpoint as a Responsible Body and as joint provider of Tutorial Classes with the Cambridge Board , much valuable work might have been undertaken by a university resident tutor . |
| 9 | Let's bear them in mind while we turn to the next step in choosing . |
| 10 | No doubt they chose their paper partly with that bias in mind while they felt that television bias was being inflicted upon them against their will . |
| 11 | There was no virtue in having her fire-soul expire in ice while she laboured to make it burn more brightly for the world . |
| 12 | Jason Prior was going to come out of this shining like a knight in armour while she would be condemned to eternal darkness , everyone believing it was her fault . |
| 13 | In this way we can put one edge at a time in place while we exchange another pair of edges . |
| 14 | Now , what we 've decided to do on the formwork for the tanks is to construct er a square frame into formwork er into one hold everything in place while we pour the concrete Onto the programme oh there it is . |
| 15 | Hold the washer in place while you connect the bottle trap and waste pipe |
| 16 | Make a small hole through the ceiling next to a joist with a bradawl , leaving it in place while you go downstairs and transfer the position ( and width ) of the joist on to the ceiling downstairs with pencil marks . |
| 17 | ‘ But I 'm sure your life is in danger while she 's here . ’ |
| 18 | In Thailand while you wait . |
| 19 | Born in 1962 in Canada while her Orcadian parents were living there , she returned to Orkney as a small child and has lived there most of her life . |
| 20 | ‘ How can I sit there in safety while he 's in danger here and fending for himself too ? ’ |
| 21 | We 'll get it in town while we 're there mother ! |
| 22 | Ah , ah , ah but , ah but you ca n't let me see , you do n't , you do n't remember the war years when I used to be in town while she was out . |
| 23 | A week after the hit-and-run , Seth was so drunk that police were able to determine he was drunk in charge while he sat idling his Vette in front of a friend 's house . |
| 24 | A classic way of finding out how much of your own job can and should be delegated is to put someone in charge while you are away . |
| 25 | Field sales manager said , ‘ It was important to reduce any stress on the pigs and essential that there were no changes in diet while they were travelling ’ . |
| 26 | Fold in flour , cherries and ground almonds adding a little milk to make a fairly stiff dropping consistency ; the stiff consistency will help cherries to remain suspended evenly in cake while it is baking . |
| 27 | Mrs Tiller presided over the one in Blackpool while he was at the grander one in Addlestone , Surrey , to which , when the Girls were playing in London , he would invite small groups for a short weekend . |
| 28 | /Winter made us hopeful , covering/The land in speculation while we fed/The little wife on dried tubers … |
| 29 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 30 | She is seen with Paris , whom she has persuaded to stay in Troy while his companions fight ; and Pandarus is also present , soaking up and intensifying the sensual atmosphere . |