Example sentences of "[adj] while she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 2 | He could n't have done this while she had all that sea room . |
| 3 | Stand clear while she puts the stone back . ’ |
| 4 | Her deafness became evident at the age of 12 while she was attending a school run by a Reverend Perry , when she found that she could not hear very well if she sat too far from the teacher , and by the time she was 16 , it had worsened as to become very noticeable and inconvenient to herself . |
| 5 | Sleep was impossible while she lay in his arms like this , completely vulnerable . |
| 6 | Her beautician noticed when her left hand began to stay relaxed while she manicured Esther 's fingernails . |
| 7 | but she 's okay while she 's sitting still . |
| 8 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 9 | Hilary looked sick while she was construing , and Miss B. said she was tired of our affectations … . |
| 10 | Chris was still asleep when Carolyn came home , and she was relieved to hear that he had been fine while she was out . |
| 11 | Deliberately she pushed the letter to the bottom of the pile , to save it for later while she got on with the work which awaited . |
| 12 | Then I sort of hold her hands tight while she rocks back and forward on the bed . |
| 13 | Well , she 'll have to make herself useful while she 's here . ’ |
| 14 | The park , unlikely though it might seem , was not a job , not a political ideology , not a way of filling in the weary hours until she was old enough to retire , not even something to spite her mother with once and for all while she accepted everything else from her . |
| 15 | Carlos told her he would wait at Camp IV while she attempted the summit , which he did until midday on the 13th , when he descended to Camp II at 6,800 metres . |
| 16 | All right then , she thought , her courage high , she had also been extremely happy while she was having her affair with Tom . |
| 17 | She is in shock and in pain and requires an immediate transfusion of love and an injection of strength in the form of your quiet sympathy and understanding , and practical help with all the arrangements she has to make , as well as assistance with the simple routines of daily living ; for even these may be too much for her to cope with alone while she is engaged in the important and necessary task of grieving . |
| 18 | Chewing on her lip in thought , she finally set off towards the ten-gallon drums , reasoning that she might as well try to find out as much as possible while she was here , and run like hell when the time came . |
| 19 | Had n't her plan been to avoid Julius as much as possible while she was here ? |
| 20 | André , Alyssia discovered , proved to be alarmingly persistent in his promise to see her as much as possible while she remained in France . |
| 21 | He found that he could n't remain seated while she was striding to and fro across the office . |
| 22 | No help at all , I should think — I once fell asleep while she was arguing the pros and cons of Henry versus Hank-from-Texas , and toppled onto the floor with a very loud crash which woke everyone up . |
| 23 | Karen was tired after a long day , so she fell asleep while she was driving . |
| 24 | When he was imprisoned in 1768 for sexual sadism he managed to secure an early release by the devious means of getting his wife pregnant while she visited him in jail . |
| 25 | I accept that she probably became pregnant while she was working here , but I can assure you that no one in this house was responsible . |
| 26 | Michelle Collins says she was not warned about the dangers of becoming pregnant while she was taking a drug to treat her epilepsy . |
| 27 | Two days later she allowed him to stand in her stable while she ate . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll just bet she was some broad he used to be in love with or something , and he 's been giving her the brush-off while she 's trying to fan the embers , get back to the way it used to be . ’ |
| 29 | Her daughter was taken away to Special Care , and she , like Nickie , hated seeing fathers come in looking pleased while she sat alone on her bed , waiting for her mother . |
| 30 | ‘ There will be no next time , ’ Isabel got out , desperately trying to keep her breathing steady while she struggled unavailingly to free her hand . |