Example sentences of "[verb] while [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Waugh sawed his way through his neighbour 's stair bannister in Londonderry Road , Stockton , to release Sarah Walters , three , who had got herself trapped while playing on the steps . |
| 2 | Bees learn colour only in the final three seconds as they land : the colour visible to the bee before the landing sequence , the colours it sees while standing on the flower to feed and while circling the blossom before flying off , simply never register . |
| 3 | Such a scene can still be witnessed while standing on the quaint little hump-backed bridge opposite the mill . |
| 4 | Benjamin B'Hahn — whose father , Abel pioneered underwater births — fell while playing on the river bank two months ago . |
| 5 | Once the child starts to relax while seated on the potty the parent can gradually reduce the amount of attention and start to leave the room for short periods . |
| 6 | However , I found that my arm rested quite comfortably along the 44mm-thick body , allowing relaxed fingerstyle playing while resting on the neck-side of the pickup . |
| 7 | You will recall , however , that before you vanished from our lives you entrusted me with the notes you had kept while working on the Big Glass and the Green Box , telling me I could do what I liked with them , and adding , in your usual sensitive way , that I could always use them to wipe my arse if the paper decided to sack me and I found myself really hard up . |