Example sentences of "while she [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 He sat on a kitchen chair while she peeled back the plaster he 'd stuck over the wound .
4 ‘ Busy , ’ he replied , and while she bit down a reply of , ‘ That should keep you out of mischief , ’ Lubor went on to disappoint her some more , when he added , ‘ Mr Gajdusek has gone away and left me with very much work . ’
5 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 .
6 There was a quiet period while she put down the receiver and wrote her notes .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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