Example sentences of "and while [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card . |
| 2 | Hannington returned to work as a lathe-turner and while serving as convener of shop stewards was elected a national organizer of the AEU in November 1941 . |
| 3 | He was attached to the 3rd Army Corps , and while serving in France he earned a mention in despatches . |
| 4 | In a second study left handers were observed in the speaking condition and while humming . |
| 5 | Gabriel obeyed at once , and while riding along was thinking so hard about the shooting that in the darkness he failed to notice a man walking along the road to Casterbridge . |
| 6 | There are no — count 'em none — weak tracks here , and while picking highlights is a fairly redundant exercise , A House will have quite a task in ever again capturing the haunting quality of ‘ When I First Saw You ’ , comprised of only sustained , ominous baroque chords crowned with gut-wrenching vocals . |
| 7 | A book lying on the counter was opened , and while pushing back auburn hair the woman asked , ‘ Did you have a reservation ? ’ |
| 8 | After years he had lost his oldest and best friend but in a way he had always despised friendship ; families were what mattered , more particularly that larger version of himself — his family ; and while seated in the same scheming fury he saw each individual member gradually slipping away out of his reach . |
| 9 | Cholera toxin is the enterotoxin of Vibrio cholerae and while causing secretion does not impair glucose dependent sodium absorption in the intestine and does not alter mucosal histology . |
| 10 | Best field mark is sustained warbling song , normally delivered in the air , both while ascending and descending almost vertically , and while hovering . |
| 11 | The Digital effects on the other hand behaved very well , and while limited in their scope I quickly achieved some very good results . |
| 12 | And while considering quantum mechanics from a Buddhist perspective can be very illuminating , there 's certainly no need to do so — it 's extraordinary enough on its own terms . |
| 13 | They budgeted for a pay award in line with inflation and while welcoming the ‘ well deserved ’ rise in teachers ' salaries say they can not fund it without cutting school budgets . |
| 14 | Fleury , of course , had no business being there at all , but Harry had sent him to the Residency with a message and while passing by he had found the defence so desperately hard pressed that he had forgotten all about Harry . |
| 15 | In the pursuit of authenticity and while looking for original P-40 coolers , the reconstruction crew located a man in Alaska who , after the war , had dug up quite a bit of military surplus from land-fills in his State . |
| 16 | During the next course they were faced by the representation of a ‘ man of warre ’ standing in fire ( associated with summer and the choleric humour ) ; and while consuming the third course they were confronted by the form of a man with a ‘ sikelle in his hande ’ standing in a river ( signifying water and the phlegmatic humour associated with autumn and harvest-time ) . |
| 17 | This was not a requirement that rested easily with Cleo , who liked to show off , and while obeying Wakelate 's orders to a certain degree , she always took pleasure in singling out a male at these dull gatherings , on whom to focus the power of her charms . |
| 18 | These were primarily pointing with normal vision and while wearing prisms , using the preferred hand , before and after an adaptation period . |
| 19 | Alternative cladograms based on various analyses of ribosomal RNA are available and while sharing features in common , differ in other respects , especially with respect to protostome relationships . |
| 20 | Q Recently my son enlarged our garden pond and while moving the fish into their temporary quarters , we noticed some of the Koi had protruding eyes . |
| 21 | The charge stated that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the eight-roomed house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 22 | It is claimed that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 23 | Referring to Adams 's advice , Llewellyn said : ‘ I listened closely and I also learned a lot schooling the horse over nine fences and while watching videos of Andrew riding him . |
| 24 | Hughes and Cole had drivers report objects that ‘ attracted their attention ’ while actually driving a car and while watching a film of the same route . |
| 25 | We met in Bologna and while discussing the painting I informed him that the original had turned up at Wildenstein 's in New York , and had recently been sold to a New York private collector and that an article of mine was in proof , publishing the New York picture as the original . |
| 26 | She had brought her son over from South Africa and while staying in Bristol had seen me on the television screen . |
| 27 | Under standby conditions , the circuit requires 20mA approximately and while operating the solenoid valve , 200mA . |
| 28 | He sat down heavily and while holding on firmly to the still struggling fish , put his head between his knees , panting loudly for a full minute . |
| 29 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |
| 30 | The snake grabs a snail and while holding it firmly with the teeth on its upper jaw , it pushes its lower into the shell opening . |