Example sentences of "[adv] while [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin Parry breaks down while making a speech during his son Timothy 's funeral yesterday . |
| 2 | In the first three years of the experiment not a single pedestrian was injured seriously enough while crossing the road to feel that it warranted reporting . |
| 3 | ‘ So while getting a document or computer disk from , say , London to Indonesia can take up to three days by post or courier , with electronic mail a valid print-out will be to hand in next to no time . |
| 4 | And it does so while providing a perfect fit . |
| 5 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
| 6 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |
| 7 | Keep lips together while drawing the lipline and do n't make it too heavy . |
| 8 | The falconer had authority and poise , she remained in control of the whole operation , and her attention was with the bird at each second of its flight — all while delivering a running commentary ! |
| 9 | Shiftworkers lose sleep progressively while working the night or morning shifts , and may be employed in nursing , in controlling power stations or chemical plants , as well as in manufacturing industries . |
| 10 | The first cleaning happens right out there in the orchard , because many of the harvesters have fans that blow sticks and other debris away while leaving the nuts to fall into their trailer . |
| 11 | As you leave Épernay for Reims , the vineyards of Dizy are those marvellous south-west-facing slopes which you wind your way through while climbing the steep ascent on to the Montagne plateau . |
| 12 | Warlock 's Serenade , where the composer rather borrows something of Delius 's style in act of homage , is a difficult piece to bring off , but Falkowski conducts watchfully and sensitively while maintaining a steady but flexible pulse . |
| 13 | the employer of any person permitted to drive or use your motor cycle if liability is incurred while on the respective employers business , but not while using a motor cycle provided by the employer . |
| 14 | your own , or your wifes or husbands , employer while working for that employer , but not while using a vehicle provided by the employer . |
| 15 | your own , or your wifes or husbands , employer while working for that employer , but not while using a vehicle provided by the employer . |
| 16 | your own , or your wifes or husbands , employer while working for that employer , but not while using a vehicle provided by the employer . |
| 17 | your own , or your wifes or husbands , employer while working for that employer , but not while using a vehicle provided by the employer . |
| 18 | As oil floats on water , this allowed the water to be drained off while keeping the roofs afloat on the crude . |
| 19 | Hickson take pride in their ability to solve technical problems quickly while maintaining the highest safety standards . |
| 20 | But he knew how to put the fear of God into producers and directors — I learned from this very quickly while playing a small role in The Caine Mutiny [ in which Bogart starred as Captain Queeg ] . ’ |
| 21 | Government officials say they aim to reform the economy gradually while shielding the country 's ten million people from the pain of full-blooded ‘ shock therapy ’ as attempted in Russia and elsewhere . |
| 22 | An interesting and persistent form of spinal injury occurs when you try to hold your body upright while performing the roundhouse kick . |
| 23 | He poured a cup of watered wine for Corbett and then joined him , sipping carefully while studying the English clerk . |
| 24 | In some countries the dairy producers have taken a comparable line , and manage to live profitably while accepting the growing evidence against high-fat diets in general and saturates in particular . |
| 25 | Individuals in the party and the government came to use the situation in whatever way they could to optimize their own position , ranging from exercising the increased power which district and regional officials now had over the citizenry , to carrying out routine tasks perfunctorily while acquiring a significant income from black market activities . |
| 26 | What I am doing at the moment — pretending to have given up while backsliding every chance I get — is marginally better than full-time smoking ; the trouble is that it runs every risk of turning into it . |
| 27 | Most of the Salyut craft is believed to have burned up while re-entering the atmosphere but the Argentine defence ministry said in a statement that fragments weighing up to 1.5 tonnes reached the Earth . |
| 28 | At any particular moment the books might not appear to balance ( for example electrical energy input could be stored to be released as heat later , or energy taken up while forcing the deuterium into the palladium may be returned later U the deuterium leaks out and recombines in the atmosphere ) , so the relevant question was whether there was a net excess output of energy over a long period of time . |
| 29 | Practise ‘ digging in ’ under attack by sliding the rear foot back slightly while cocking the punching hip . |
| 30 | Beat thoroughly while adding the milk , then return the sauce to the heat and bring to the boil , stirring constantly . |