Example sentences of "while [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 2 | Facts command authority while opinions undermine it . |
| 3 | Benny was holding the cartridges steady while Garry filled them with the gunpowder . |
| 4 | Stockton and Langbaurgh have warned that their free passes may have to go , while Middlesbrough says it could increase its £5 charge . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Manucci , not normally responsive to architecture , dwells at length on its paintings , gardens and lakes , while Bernier pays it his ultimate tribute of recommending the construction of something similar in France . |
| 7 | But while Mills put them ahead , the game was not safe until Tommy Wright 's clincher three minutes from time . |
| 8 | He subsided back into his seat , staring down at his drink , while Ward watched him , waiting . |
| 9 | While Ronnie kills us softly with his song |
| 10 | Isuzu has already announced it intends to cease production of passenger cars while NEC says it will no longer make VCRs at its own factories . |
| 11 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 12 | ‘ Darling , ’ said Elinor , ‘ shall Maisie stay with Mummy and do her cello practice while Mummy helps her ? ’ |
| 13 | Science tells us about the structural and relational properties of objects , while consciousness tells us what they are qualitatively like . |
| 14 | Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything . |
| 15 | In ( 14 ) her mother uses Creole ( and this is very clearly intended to be a direct quote , even a send-up , of her mother 's refusal ) , while Valerie answers her in London English . |
| 16 | Hysterectomy ca n't be too bad : 96% of a group of Australian women who have had the operation say they are pleased to have had it , while 55% say they wish that they had had it sooner ! |
| 17 | Israel perceived its military supremacy as essential for its safety , while Syria regarded it as a mortal threat to its own interests . |
| 18 | While Kathleen wired him up to a monitor and put in an intravenous line , Ben ran gentle fingers over the boy . |
| 19 | The male hoverfly uses these to keep the tiny female in view as he chases her during courtship , while robberflies use them to track their flying prey . |
| 20 | He arrived at Saintes while Richard thought he was still celebrating Whitsun at Poitiers and took the city gates by storm . |
| 21 | While Nottinghamshire said it had messages of support from local authorities across the country , legal experts sided with the Appeal Court . |
| 22 | Grunwald claims that relationism ‘ turns out to be an illusion ’ while Hollis claims it is ‘ just for the birds ’ . |
| 23 | On this evidence , Andrew will have to drown in incompetence while Barnes proves he can walk on water to change the England selectors ' opinion that the Wasps stand-off must remain their No 1 decision-maker . |
| 24 | On this evidence , Andrew will have to drown in incompetence while Barnes proves he can walk on water to change the England selectors ' opinion that the Wasps stand-off must remain their number one decision maker . |
| 25 | She had n't realised how tense she was until she heard that he was all right , but now she crumpled like a wet paper bag , laughing and crying and laughing again all at once , while Mick hugged her and passed her tissues . |
| 26 | While Bayfield said he was disappointed with the results , he was pleased to see the London W company returning to profit after a small loss in the first half . |
| 27 | He merely held on to it , while Bruce pulled him , and with a gurgle of laughter the boy found the apple was in his hand . |
| 28 | Faldo just stayed in touch thanks to putts of 15 and 30 feet at the 14th and 16th for a round of 69 , while Ballesteros felt he had been robbed when he came in with a 68 . |
| 29 | Swinging back to the window , Beth was horrified to see the girl pressed against the apple tree with her arms wrapped protectively round the little boy , the two of them bent double , cringing together while Matthew flayed them viciously with the branch . |
| 30 | They slowly unwrapped them , while Isobel watched them eagerly . |