Example sentences of "[noun pl] while [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , Britain would be in the position of forbidding its own manufacturers from making unsafe goods while allowing them to be imported . |
| 2 | Does the Minister accept that it is entirely unsatisfactory to continue stonewalling on those questions while answering them in the press ? |
| 3 | Political hotheads were demanding a sell-off ; but no wouldbe purchaser dared tangle with the horrendous staff rostering costs , the problems of management control , the antiquated working conditions , the railway operating hazards that frustrate a crew 's best efforts while landing them with the blame and , not least , the ever-lurking cynicism of the media . |
| 4 | Pig horror : New Zealand farmer Kenneth Johnson bled to death after being gored in the groin by one of his pigs while feeding them in a paddock on his small farm at Halkett in the South Island province of Canterbury . |
| 5 | On the contrary , the use of such materials will consolidate and extend our students ’ familiarity with computational techniques while introducing them to a relatively new and important range of historical source material . |
| 6 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 7 | John Arthur Johnson was born in 1878 and worked on a milk wagon , in livery stables , in bakers ' shops , at Galveston docks and in various other occupations while establishing himself as a boxer of some distinction . |
| 8 | A woman is claiming four policemen broke her arm and two ribs while arresting her for a crime she did n't commit . |
| 9 | They stole the birdfood and embarrassed the cats , screaming imprecations while eluding them with flying leaps . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 11 | As mothers and doctors we benefit from being able to continue our medical careers while devoting ourselves to our families ; our patients have access to female doctors sympathetic to the experience of raising a young family ; and our practice is enriched by our contributions on the broadest range of issues from the clinical to the practical . |