Example sentences of "while [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dream lingered through the endless moments while I trudged up the clinging sand , seeing our little cottage grow larger and more ominous , till suddenly it was if the film director grew tired and cut to me opening the cupboard door and peeping out . |
| 2 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 3 | My date gets out of the car to go buy popcorn while I fix up the speaker . |
| 4 | After going a couple of hundred yards over open ground , the road entered very thick forest , and here I made the men walk in front while I brought up the rear . |
| 5 | To allow time to sort myself out we decided to sack this fish in the deep margin under some cover while I set up the camera equipment and finished a somewhat cold coffee . |
| 6 | The actors try improvising the scene two or three times while I scribble down the lines that sound good . |
| 7 | ‘ Now then — you can start to dry yourself with that towel , while I heat up the tongs . ’ |
| 8 | Marie smokes a fag while I brush up the hair and stick it in the bin . |
| 9 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 10 | From this , Mrs Lamport discovered she had misread one name and her researches into Mrs Piggott were scrapped while she took up the new challenge in the name of Mrs Pigou , a theatre-goer of French origin . |
| 11 | ‘ What will you have ? ’ he enquired , going over to a drinks table while she tested out the couch and discovered that its appearance of comfort was no lie . |
| 12 | He sat on a kitchen chair while she peeled back the plaster he 'd stuck over the wound . |
| 13 | He held onto my suit while she added up the bill ( more than £20,1 could n't help noticing ) , took his money , gave him change , wrapped the flowers and poked them under his arm . |
| 14 | There was a quiet period while she put down the receiver and wrote her notes . |
| 15 | She gathered her straggly hair into a bun at the back of her head , holding it with her left hand while she pulled down the polo neck of her thin jumper . |
| 16 | Then she asked the ‘ patient ’ to hold the other end while she measured out the length again , mumbling a strange , unintelligible gibberish all the while . |
| 17 | Push the loop down his left sleeve with your left hand while you reach up the sleeve with your right hand to grasp it . |
| 18 | Instead he said , ‘ Why do n't you ask Doreen to attend to that small task while you sort out the food ? |
| 19 | Watch the Scrap while you carry out the amendments |
| 20 | Few of the facts are disputed , while everything hangs on the intention behind the actions . |
| 21 | No one would have guessed from that question that every one of the farmers affected has been paid regularly while we carry out the necessary tests to discover what has caused the problem . |
| 22 | In a few days time we 'll be sitting him on top of a bonfire and standing around in the cold night while we light up the sky with loads of colour . |
| 23 | The conveyor is moved from one end to the other keeping the load as level as possible while we top up the hold . |
| 24 | And he 'd escape the house by climbing over the back fence while they waited out the front all day . |
| 25 | During certain ten-minute intervals in her parents ' front room , while they set out the filthy plates for dinner , I have achieved much … |
| 26 | They were starting to thump the floor now , and the chorus that had played low , while they gave out the stuff of how he was the son of Hasan b . |
| 27 | While he points out the ‘ approximation of class and status came to an end ’ and that ‘ traditional class structures broke down ’ . |
| 28 | The fact gnawed at him , haunting him while he cleaned out the sitting-room fire or made tea or used the Electrolux . |
| 29 | Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting . |
| 30 | As she stared down at him while he cleared up the mess , she wondered why she felt so outmanoeuvred . |