Example sentences of "while they were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slept deeply while they were on the motorway , but woke as he came into London and had to stop and start in the heavy evening traffic . |
| 2 | On the most mundane level , repayment of any debts they owed was postponed until their return ; while they were on the crusade their property was taken under the protection of the church . |
| 3 | While they were at the pub a fight broke out , which was declared incidental to the case in question , during the course of which a beer glass had been hurled against the ceiling and landed close to them . |
| 4 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 5 | The long summer holidays are over and MPs returned to the Commons to take stock of developments while they were at the seaside . |
| 6 | No harm was done , however : the ladies ' fears were allayed by the ‘ gallantry and polite attention ’ of the lucky gentlemen , so that there was ‘ a close package , great hilarity , and good humour ’ while they were in the darkness of the tunnel , which no doubt reflect great credit on the GU 's refreshments . |
| 7 | Some of the men had brought ropes and small axes with them so that , while they were in the forest , they could carry back a load of firewood rather than returning empty-handed if they did n't get the boar . |
| 8 | While they were in the travelling coach , she put on an outward appearance of sadness for a loyal employee , killed in an attempt to save his master 's horse . |
| 9 | McIllvanney arranged the girls ' visits to clients in the Bahamas and guaranteed their safety while they were in the islands . |
| 10 | The older groups are less likely to have contributed to such a scheme while they were in the labour force , and are therefore less likely to have an occupational pension . |
| 11 | While they were in the pub , in a corner far from a window , the rain had come on heavily , the kind of rain that will soak you to the skin in two minutes . |
| 12 | In this they had no luck ; the War of Independence broke out while they were in the Carolinas , and they came home no richer , if wiser . |
| 13 | Yeah , but married couple there did have a couple of people there that got married while they were in the T A but they were n't allowed , they never allowed to sort of buddy , buddy together I tell you why I got put with that woman . |
| 14 | At the forefront of his mind , no doubt , was an awareness of the relative inexperience of the civilian docking crew , coupled with a knowledge that accidental triggering of plasma weapons while they were inside the shield was guaranteed to be instantly fatal . |