Example sentences of "[verb] while on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't mean that you should take time off work ; quite the opposite , as it is preferable that you remain occupied while on the diet . |
| 2 | Fred Robertson 's record was outstanding ; he had taken part in 189 interception sorties , and been credited with ten confirmed , three probables and seven damaged while on the island ; his assessment as a fighter pilot endorsed in his logbook by Sqn.Ldr . |
| 3 | Lewis was retaliating at the sight of captain Leighton Duley being head-butted and then kicked while on the ground . |
| 4 | The camera uncovered marks I had failed to see while on the ground . |
| 5 | When my sons went to the village school there was respect and they knew that they could not ‘ nannick ’ about in school , even if they did while on the way there . |
| 6 | This was not always successful because of the autonomy neighbourhood police have while on the beat , and he told us , with some regret , that as a final resort he was instructed by the sergeant not to take his book of fixed-penalty tickets with him when he was accompanied by the field-worker . |
| 7 | Frank , 73 , served with the Royal Marines and was severely burned while on the HMS Suffolk . |