Example sentences of "[noun sg] while [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Run out of ammo while on the ground and you 'll have to resort to flying kicks . |
| 2 | Over the next months , rival consortia considered how to finance the new investment while at the Transport Department we could do little more than wait . |
| 3 | I very much hope that Rainhill Garrick Society continues to present quality plays extending and satisfying the talents of our members in every department while at the same time attracting large audiences . |
| 4 | In my youth there was a man who lived in our block of buildings who was a champion boxer while in the Army in India and he was always known as being doolally tap . |
| 5 | To administer torture while within the warp — to a talented Astropath of all people — would be plain lunacy . |
| 6 | Thatched cottages cluster round the harbour while at the other end of the wide sandy beach Somerwest World offers a complete range of entertainment to holidaymakers and day visitors . |
| 7 | They are twice as likely as any other group to fantasize while they 're actually having sex and are also prone to give their imaginations free rein while in the bath , in the shower or on the phone . |
| 8 | Their visits break many of the established patterns of human/dolphin encounter : they accept gifts of dead fish ( one theory is that the dolphins receive the fish as a signal from humans that they have come to play and interact ) , and they maintain their own social grouping while at the same time allowing close human contact . |
| 9 | For example , have you heard of anyone being in court on a charge of murder , assault or disturbance of the peace while under the influence of a cigarette ? |
| 10 | The relationship between stress — and strain e for the springs is the Hookean law while for the dash-pot we assume the Newtonian viscosity law . |
| 11 | The igloo idea was Leo 's : ‘ It was designed to put the trainees ’ skills to the test while at the same time motivating them and holding their interest . ’ |
| 12 | One theory is the student leapt from the window while under the influence of drink or drugs . |
| 13 | Would you be happy for Britain , European partners and the Americans to recognise Lithuania 's independence while at the same time saying look do n't take it out on Russians who are living within your borders , observe human rights and all the rest of it , is , is that our affairs , and our business ? |
| 14 | They coincided with Mrs Yaxlee 's own ideas closely enough for the latter to trust her to do the shopping while at the same time failing to include her in the invitation which she so palpably wanted . |
| 15 | In the Conservative Party , the organization is directly under the control of the leader while in the Labour Party , the organization serves the National Executive which is elected by the annual conference . |
| 16 | HOW dare Norman Lamont decide the Queen should n't pay tax while at the same time there is talk of taxing people on invalidity benefit ? |
| 17 | From the beginning , Frohnmayer seemed to be trying to please the avant-garde artistic community while at the same time proclaiming his own high moral stance he actually is the possessor of a degree in Christian ethics from the University of Chicago . |
| 18 | In some cases the State conducting the investigation ( by virtue of being the State of occurrence ) sought only to exonerate the services ( chiefly air traffic control and navigational services ) from any involvement in the cause of the accident while at the same time being content to attribute the cause of the accident to some shortcoming on the part of the pilots without seeking to find out why they made such mistakes . |
| 19 | The adviser can only hope that if the client was put at her ease while at the bureau then she may come back for further help when that issue could be picked up for suitable referral . |
| 20 | Caroline looked back at him and suddenly she thought of an old fable , the one in which a traveller had to choose which of two doors to open , knowing that behind one lay safety while behind the other crouched a tawny black and gold tiger . |
| 21 | Inside , two small waiting rooms were combined to provide enough space for the shop while outside the ornate chimneys , attractive paving , traditional wooden fencing and new pathways provide pleasing finishing touches . |
| 22 | Motherwell should beat Partick at Fir Park to leapfrog into ninth place while in the battle of Brockville the losers of the Falkirk v Airdrie match will , realistically , have little chance of avoiding the drop . |
| 23 | It was a pleasure that she wanted to press into her body while at the same time throw it off as far away from her as possible . |
| 24 | Microsoft did n't fail to make the point that it expects to take market share away from Novell because NT includes networking while at the same time trouncing Unix . |
| 25 | A more advanced technique involves camouflaging the real eye while at the same time making the false eye truly spectacular , with a huge black ‘ pupil ’ surrounded by a bright white eye-ring . |
| 26 | The Boat-house became my roosting-place while under the shadow of the mighty mountain of the wind , ‘ Goat Fell . ’ |
| 27 | The appropriate mat can help protect your workers and your business while at the same time pay the best return on your investment with greater productivity , less breakage and fewer slip and falls . |
| 28 | Two Coldstream guardsmen who are accused of robbery while on the run from their unit in Germany made a second appearance before magistrates in Whitby . |
| 29 | Indeed , London Underground 's own byelaw 22 states that ‘ No person while upon the railway shall to the annoyance of any other person sing , perform on any musical instrument or use any gramophone record player or tape recorder or portable wireless apparatus . ’ |
| 30 | To my mind it is but natural justice that a child , if born alive and viable , should be allowed to maintain an action in the courts for injuries wrongfully committed upon its person while in the womb of its mother . |