Example sentences of "[noun] while he " in BNC.

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1 A team of four assassins , made up from the now disbanded Security Police , have vowed to kill Mobuto while he 's here in America .
2 Both districts selected him for their under-21 practice matches in January , but the youngster , who played for Ayr while he was still at Kyle Academy , opted for his home district , Glasgow .
3 There were stories that the Shah had kept Giscard waiting in an ante-room while he finished a game of cards with his cronies , but Zahedi said later , " The Shah was always too polite to do that . "
4 But , despite this assumption , they sat at the desk so closely that their bodies were almost touching , and there were times when his arm encircled her shoulders while he leaned forward to check additions on the electronic calculator .
5 hi er he 's got to go , he 's got his annual medical , it 's a very high-powered erm thing in Dundee on Tuesday , so Anne said that she would like to come up with him , potter about Dundee while he 's having his medical then they will come here on Tuesday evening , or late Tuesday afternoon , and we go out for a meal , and then of course , she 'll be with me all day on Thursday because he goes back up to Dundee to his managers ' meeting , you see .
6 Danielle 's mother Erica Simpkins wrote 790 pages of love letters to Corbett while he awaited trial in prison .
7 It had a circular room with a compass inlaid in mahogany in the parquet floor , and here father and daughter sat side-by-side on the window seat while he coached her each evening in the school holidays .
8 If your opponent interrupts you , resume your seat while he is speaking .
9 She slid forward on the seat while he patted the front and back pockets of her jeans .
10 One pushed her into the passenger seat while he got into the driver 's seat and the other jumped into the back .
11 The singing took a back seat while he concentrated on his soap career .
12 But he shows no bitterness that his life was placed on hold for 12 months while he made a full recovery .
13 During the next 20 months while he was at liberty Sukarno launched a campaign on quasi-Marxist lines .
14 On the way down to their holidays in Cornwall his parents had always stopped at Stonehenge for a slow coffee break while he had crossed the road to walk around the stones .
15 ‘ They 're saying that Riddle was gagged and bound , than put into the Wheel while he was still alive — a real Scapegoat .
16 Bewildered , she followed him upstairs , then listened in a daze while he outlined his plan for converting the master bedroom into a lounge , and the smallest bedroom into a kitchenette .
17 The attacker then turns his body in a half-circle while he raises his right leg , using the left leg for support .
18 Kenny won nine full England International caps while he was a Palace player , with another eight for the Under 21 's and two for England B. He was our Player of the Year in both 1977 and 1979 , an ( l it took a record fee to take him to Arsenal in an exchange deal in 1980 , when he and Clive Allen were each valued at £1 million .
19 The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush .
20 I closed my eyes while he was gone .
21 He smiled slowly and held her prisoner with his eyes while he removed his jacket with an almost leisurely air .
22 Meanwhile , back at bimbo ranch , Betty says her first kiss was snogging Tom Jones on the telly while he was singing on Top Of The Pops .
23 The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham .
24 The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham .
25 For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron .
26 You could suggest that you both pop around on a week-day evening , or you could take Mum-in-law shopping on a Saturday while he 's at the match .
27 Frankie picked up the empty kettle and went to refill it but I noticed that none of the onlookers tried to wring his neck while he had the kettle in his hands .
28 THE two blue birds snuggled up on a branch , the smaller one lovingly stroking her mate 's neck while he chewed contentedly on a piece of coconut .
29 Travel writer Mark Wallington had stories to tell of his south London-born dog Boogie , ‘ a cross between a whippet and a Morris 1000 ’ , star of Five Hundred Mile Walkies , and how at a promising sounding signing session at Harrods , John Julius Norwich and Jilly Cooper were led into the Books Department while he and Boogie were ushered into the Pet Department .
30 The plans will be delayed in the short term while he waits for his ban to end .
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