Example sentences of "[verb] while [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sympathetic typifications of Catholics do little to lessen the obvious problem of being attacked while walking the beat . |
| 2 | If you 've ever wondered what Joan Didion shouts while having an orgasm , she can tell — the names of Herman Melville novels . |
| 3 | Over 4000 members have already given their verdict in favour of the club 's ‘ fabulous facilities manifesto ’ and its dual function , ( tennis ' double whammy , if you like ! ) , that of meeting all member needs while maintaining a warm and welcoming atmosphere within the club 's spacious acres . |
| 4 | The visually handicapped pupils attending an ordinary school may be greatly helped by a physical and social environment that has been planned with some sensitivity to their special needs while retaining a challenging or ‘ normal ’ character . |
| 5 | Even more valuable has been the friendship and help she found while attending a young women 's support group . |
| 6 | Dundee himself was fatally wounded while leading the final victorious charge , thereby becoming a legend , one of 600 casualties among the Jacobites . |
| 7 | More than 20 journalists were killed or wounded while covering the horrific conflict between the Serbian and Croatian republics , according to the 1991 World Press Freedom Review . |
| 8 | ( a ) The correct way to stand while holding a camcorder if no additional support is available ; ( b ) shows how to ‘ pre-swing ’ before starting to take a pan-shot ; ( c ) lean against walls , trees or whatever is available ; ( d ) rest your elbows on car-roofs or low walls for extra steadiness . |
| 9 | A similar problem was also found with sentence 13 , whereas sentence 12 crashed while printing the bracketed parses . |
| 10 | On 8 January 1989 , at Kegworth , 47 people were killed when a British Midland 737 crashed while attempting an emergency landing . |
| 11 | Work in the vineyards continued , with women and children dying while servicing the vineyards that the soldiers on both sides manipulated for their own strategic purposes . |
| 12 | I believe you were injured while chasing the gunman . |
| 13 | The discovery , made while cleaning the area , came as a surprise to Zahi Hawass , General Director of Antiquities for the pyramids and Sphinx , who was recorded as saying , ‘ What a shock ! |
| 14 | Unlike Oriental contemporaries who begin to practise at school , John — a PE1 tax trainee with Arthur Andersen — began training while pursuing an honours degree in molecular biology and biochemistry at Durham University . |
| 15 | Speaking at a news conference in Glasgow , he said : ‘ There are some members of the Labour Party who can not stomach the idea of allowing Scottish water to be privatised while waving the white flag over ownership . ’ |
| 16 | It is not a good idea to sit in front of a warm fire and relax while having a quiet read as this may cause drowsiness . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's time for a Government that will take action to prevent crime rather than just talk tough about sentencing while starving the police of the resources they need . ’ |
| 18 | He commenced one such exploit in 1970 , when he dropped out of Berkeley to move in with singer Janis Joplin , whom he had met while making a cocaine delivery to her Marin County house . |
| 19 | The Pakistan Airlines Airbus slammed into a mountain and exploded while making the nerve-racking approach to notorious Katmandu airport . |
| 20 | He kept writing while holding a job as store 's manager at Ampleforth and still finds time to sit down at his word processor . |
| 21 | While setting up the calm surface of village life in a realistic manner , the film does so only as a contrast to the savagery that ensues : a priest is shot while making a stand against ‘ the enemies and oppressors of mankind ’ , the Post Office lady kills a German with an axe and is promptly bayonetted herself , and the vicar 's daughter disposes of the Quisling squire , to whom she had been amorously linked . |
| 22 | On Feb. 22 opposition sources on behalf of the National Committee for the Salvation of Iraq ( NCSI ) claimed that one of its members had been shot while leading a march protesting against civilian deaths resulting from the raid on the Amiriya bomb shelter [ see above ] . |
| 23 | Thieves abandoned a number of computers after being disturbed while raiding a Ripon school . |
| 24 | Feel the lag of the right side by staying turned while attacking the ball . |
| 25 | In fact , this system should cater for whatever tone colouring you may desire , although background noise levels do rise significantly when the pre-shape is used while boosting the treble area on the graphic . |
| 26 | Laura had agreed while casting a wry glance up at the roof , on which she had just spent many thousands of pounds . |
| 27 | The full drama of the place is best sampled while sipping a cocktail on the top floor of a gleaming international hotel , with the ever-changing panorama of the deep-water harbour bustling with container ships , passenger liners and junks far below . |
| 28 | An unexpected internal error has occurred while updating a Design Change ( DC ) to the APPROVED state ( state 8 ) . |
| 29 | An unexpected internal error has occurred while updating the facilities available/unavailable status , using option 7.5.0 — Available Facility Access . |
| 30 | Speaker K's contribution ‘ picks up ’ the past time element , moving closer to speaker J's time while maintaining the personal reference in my father , who also did work ( stonemason ) comparable to J's ( bricklayer ) and received money for this work . |