Example sentences of "while [pers pn] be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I just say before I start , I apologize in advance while I 'm on the air if there there are any inadvertent s coughs and little bit of a cold do n't want to deafen anybody while er the volume was up . |
| 2 | While I 'm on the subject of secrecy , it is true to say that many politicians , sometimes justifiably , are paranoid about the subject . |
| 3 | While I 'm on the subject , whatever happened to the Randy Hansen interview which was promised quite a while ago but never appeared ? |
| 4 | ‘ But while I 'm on the subject — ’ |
| 5 | And , while I 'm on the subject of fighting off unwanted intruders , ’ he added , the hard planes of his face tightening as he gazed down at her , ‘ I 'm not prepared to allow that man Dunton to mess around with my wife any longer ! |
| 6 | ‘ While I 'm on the line , what 's the latest on Frank Shildon 's spot of investigative journalism ? ’ |
| 7 | All the time knowing that while I 'm round the back of a lorry he 's probably scarpered off up the road into limbo . |
| 8 | Matt and I ran out of gas , for the simple reason that the dear old boy had forgotten to fill up while I was with the wholesaler . |
| 9 | While I was on the smack , it had n't bothered me much 'cos smack 's a good painkiller . |
| 10 | While I was on the telephone , busy finalising details , the Princess of Wales stood nearby , leaning against a wall , chatting to one of her detectives . |
| 11 | All I knew was that one afternoon while I was at the office in London someone poured petrol through my letter-box at Seaview , along with a note warning me that if I did n't get out of G.W. Fashions there would be other similarly unpleasant incidents to look forward to , and that next time the petrol would be accompanied by a lighted rag . ’ |
| 12 | It happened , however , that while I was at the College I had been approached by the Bristol University Board of Extra-Mural Studies , where a post was for the moment vacant organizing adult education work chiefly in Wiltshire . |
| 13 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 14 | Things really did happen while I was in the tree . |
| 15 | I was having a War at the time — the Mussels against the Dead Flies I think it was — and while I was in the library poring over the book and trying to keep my eyes open , soaking up all those damn silly Imperial measurements , the wind would be blowing my fly armies over half the island and the sea would first sink the mussel shells in their high pools and then cover them with sand . |
| 16 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 17 | I said , ‘ If you 'd told me that while I was in the pool , you 'd have seen another miracle walking on the water ! ’ |
| 18 | While I was around the bus at least 8 bottle of the fizzy stuff was transported onto the team bus for consumption on the way back . |
| 19 | And while she 's on the job , she 'd better look round for a well-born filly for Timothy to marry . |
| 20 | But while she is on the beach with her pup , she can not feed . |
| 21 | Her actions are unquestionably deedy ; they bear no theoretical burden , unlike Kirillov 's suicide ; they run deeper — while she is on the job — than the paper person in her , and they make a rigid , final opposing of the profane midwife and the God-seeking husband academic and quite inadequate to the novel . |
| 22 | and she went across the road for something and while she was across the road Mrs came and was talking to that man . |
| 23 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 24 | Clare died the next morning , and while she was on the life support machine , although she was n't conscious , I promised her I would never sell or loan out Southall . |
| 25 | ‘ Clare died on the next morning , and while she was on the life support machine , although she was n't conscious , I promised her I would never sell or loan out Southall . ’ |
| 26 | teapot while she was on the toilet . |
| 27 | The best he could hope for was to see Helen a bit while she was on the rebound … but maybe … |
| 28 | While she was on the train she was safe . |
| 29 | It would be so much easier to get things done while she was on the spot . |
| 30 | ‘ I believe your mother died while she was in the camp — I was sorry to hear that , ’ said Ruth . |