Example sentences of "while [v-ing] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : While tending to agree with the Archbishop of Canterbury 's social critique as reported in your paper ( 'Runcie attack on ‘ Pharisees ’ revives rift with Tories ' , 2 October ) , I find his reference to the Pharisees more than a little unfortunate . |
| 2 | Belly flat in the water , he inched his bound hands forward and drew his face clear of the undergrowth so that he could look upriver while remaining camouflaged by the overhang of a wild coffee bush . |
| 3 | Ahmed Ates , in his article " Molla Gurani " in IA , uses the account of the Egyptian scholar al-Sakhawi ( d. 902/1497 ) to show that Molla Gurani was , in fact , banished from Cairo to Damascus in the year 844/1440–1 because he insulted a descendant of Abu Hanifa , a certain Hamid al-Din al-Nu'mani , and that later , while attempting to go on the pilgrimage , he was caught and sent beyond the Euphrates . |
| 4 | A Sea Harrier pilot ditched his aircraft in the English Channel after damaging a wing while attempting to land on the carrier HMS Ark Royal . |
| 5 | We are particularly concerned to identify whose who have lapsed while continuing to live in the locality . |
| 6 | Both the Indonesian and Malaysian governments have criticized Western countries for failing to provide assistance to tackle the fires , and have accused the West of demonstrating hypocrisy in attacking forestry policy in the region while failing to respond to the crisis . |
| 7 | At least 2.000 refugees and probably many more have been massacred in joint operations by the two armies while trying to flee across the border . |
| 8 | However , if a severe error occurs while trying to write to the log file , the calling program is terminated with an appropriate error message ( see Section 23 ) . |
| 9 | Twenty two year old Shaun Durham fell while trying to escape after the raid on Burtons menswear in Gloucester last year . |
| 10 | While trying to get through the perimeter they were discovered by a German patrol , but in a flash of pure genius , one of the Frenchmen feigned a drunken snore . |
| 11 | One feels while reading these pages something of the pleasure that one feels while watching Gone With the Wind for the n th time . |