Example sentences of "while [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter was one of three Palace players to have won 14 full International caps while registered with the club , and Palace fans will always wish him well in his career for both club and country . |
| 2 | while perched on the lip of a light-aircraft ; |
| 3 | Each full-time centre , while approved by the Institution as offering a course of study apposite to the building surveyor , has developed slightly different academic philosophies to reflect its own perceived strengths , and its individual resource bases . |
| 4 | It undoubtedly appeals to the sadistic side of human nature and I must confess that while horrified at the idea of maiming or killing people , my first reaction is to laugh . |
| 5 | Secondly , a director is likely to be restricted by his service contract from competing with his employer at any time while employed by the company , and probably for a short period afterwards . |
| 6 | However , the effect of the recent tribunal decisions in Warrener v Walden Engineering Co Ltd ( Case No 22672/91 , Hull 21 October 1991 ) and in Perry v Intec Colleges Ltd [ 1993 ] IRLR 56 is that there is a major risk for a purchaser that he is now obliged to provide occupational pension benefits to the employees equivalent to those enjoyed by them while employed by the vendor . |
| 7 | A highly placed political source said politicians and community workers , while opposed to the violence , had been acting as intermediaries between the UFF/UVF and senior Government officers . |
| 8 | A highly placed political source said politicians and community workers , while opposed to the violence , had been acting as intermediaries between the UFF/UVF and senior Government officers . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tea and eatables brought in a big Orkney basket to the harvesters and eaten while seated in the lea of the stokes was a special treat . |
| 11 | While lost in the fog she heard talking and realised that a barge had dragged anchor and was coming down river with the tide . |
| 12 | However , the reasonable person , while imbued with the knowledge the accused acquired throughout the crime , is not imbued with the mistaken beliefs he had . |
| 13 | All in a year he won European indoor gold in Madrid , the Commonwealth silver in Edinburgh and the European outdoor gold over 100 metres in Stuttgart where officials ticked him off for collecting his medal while draped in the Union Jack . |
| 14 | 1 Where the person bringing an action to recover land , or some person through whom he claims , has been in possession of the land , and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession , the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance . |
| 15 | The main tube has to run freely while suspended on the kiteline , so pulleys are used at each of its ends . |
| 16 | The station had twelve platforms ( ‘ benches ’ ) in constant use , while attached to the station were farriers ' , joiners ' , plumbers ' , and saddlers ' departments , and stables for the 250 horses used in carting . |
| 17 | However the individual parts are mutually repellent and while attached to the dirt also seek to escape their neighbours . |