Example sentences of "while [pers pn] be on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I fetch them all in , stick them on clothes horse , they 're all round fire while I 'm on lollipop and then nip to shop and when I come in within half an hour they were bone dry . |
2 | And it and it actually cleared up , got better while I were on holiday . |
3 | Under the bishop 's plan he and I were to change places , and while I was on furlough he was to keep both jobs going , and I would do the same on my return . |
4 | While I was on holiday the clinic tested a blood sample without my permission and established that it was HIV positive . |
5 | While I was on bail and Stephen was still with foster parents , they promised I could have Stephen for Christmas . |
6 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
7 | A playground supervisor is a guardian while she is on duty , acting with authority , keeping an eye out for trouble , intervening before tears or blood are shed ! |
8 | However , contrary to Mr Brown 's instructions , S took the car to Gatwick and left it there while she was on holiday . |
9 | Her husband , Gurinder , married her after they met while she was on holiday in Delhi in 1989 . |
10 | ‘ QUIT while you 're on top ’ seems to be the philosophy of Mr Jon Shirley , president of Microsoft , the leading supplier of software for personal computers . |
11 | While you 're on holiday your home can be particularly vulnerable — so do n't give the burglar an open invitation : |
12 | ‘ No , darling , not while you 're on medication , ’ Miranda said sadly . |
13 | You know the sunbed you had was it a fast tanner while you was on holiday ? |
14 | ‘ And did you come into contact with any illegal substances while you were on holiday here , sir ? ’ |
15 | Collected while you were on holiday … ’ |
16 | What were you keeping watch for while you were on board ? |
17 | So if you took them that day you 'd be going while you were on duty ? |
18 | Did you not what wait while we were on holiday ? |
19 | ‘ I was with a band called Muscles until 1978 , ’ he explains , ‘ and while we were on tour in Madrid I noticed the effect of hanging pictures from a brass rail in one of the hotels we stayed in . |
20 | Should not more secure units be available for those juveniles while they are on remand ? |
21 | While they are on view he hopes to establish which of the pendants are genuine , which of them are fakes and what are the distinguishing factors . |
22 | A further meeting between management and union was promised over issues still outstanding such as the pay lost by the workers while they were on strike . |
23 | It was the little radio that they listened to while they were on guard . |
24 | Her proposal of marriage came as a complete surprise as her boyfriend popped the question while they were on holiday in Spain . |
25 | ‘ You would have seen them together a fair bit and it 's just so sad this should happen while they were on holiday . ’ |
26 | They were told to keep the volume very low , there was no proper lighting rig and at 10.45pm an announcement was made while they were on stage : ‘ Last orders at the bar now please ! ’ |
27 | Looking at five sets of data relating to different police areas , the author finds that the proportion of defendants given bail who are found guilty of offences committed while they were on bail is around 10 to 12 per cent. , rising to some 17 per cent . |
28 | A further great grievance that exists in this force in the Division where I am is that the Section Sergeant dare not enter any Station while he is on duty unless he signs the main station book ; yet the plain clothes P.C.s and Detective Constables , and even uniform P.C.s can go into the Station as often as they think and there is no order that any of them must sign in and out . |
29 | The actor may while he is on stage feel deeply , say , some of the emotional references listed by Marowitz , but Stanislavsky demands that they be simultaneously translated through technique into a form that touches an audience at its deepest level of feeling . |
30 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |