Example sentences of "while [noun prp] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 2 | E. J. W. Gibb says that Molla Husrev departed for Bursa in 875/1470 , while d'Ohsson gives 1472 ( 876–7 ) . |
| 3 | When he turned into the car park of an attractive roadside pub Leonora went off to ring her sister while Penry gave their orders . |
| 4 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 5 | Only two of the standard biographical sources suggest any alternative to this date : the gives both 832/1428–9 and 834 as possibilities , while Ali gives Rajab 833/March-April 1430 . |
| 6 | As he ran his moke up and down Vitor 's shoulder , Thomas 's grin said he was delighted to have met him , while Vitor gave every impression of being well used to handling a child . |
| 7 | And while BR gave up carrying more categories of goods and our daily newspapers overnight , the overall freight picture again improved to a greater extent than most people forecast . |
| 8 | For while Schopenhauer gave music a gratifyingly important role within his scheme of things , the music on which he based his theories was primarily the formally respectable tradition that he saw represented in Haydn and Mozart ; and the importance he gave to music turned to a large extent on its supposed capacity to foster the right — dispassionate and otherworldly — response . |
| 9 | Finally , Ebussu'ud Efendi also stipulated the number of students to whom each entitled office-holder in the learned profession might grant and though the numbers which he fixed are not reported , figures have been given above which comprise a partial list for the of 959 and 963 , while Ata'i gives another partial list for the of 973 , in which the kazaskers were each permitted to invest ten students as " the kadis of the three cities ' i.e. those of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ) five each , and " the other kadis of the throne " a term of uncertain application , but almost certainly comprising at least the other kadis mentioned in the decree of 963 ) three each : the figures for the kazaskers at least , and probably the others as well , applied down to Ata'i 's own day . |
| 10 | Her mother and her husband usually made her feel plain and failed , while Constance gave her a feeling that she was , at least , adequate . |
| 11 | She listened while Silas gave them a talk on safety measures , reminding them that if anyone fell out he must lie on his back . |
| 12 | ‘ This is fantastic , ’ Alex said , stopping to admire , while Charlotte gave David a decorous kiss . |