Example sentences of "it was while [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was while Cecilia was running upstairs for the third time to tell Tina she must get up , she really must or she would be late for school , that she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll . |
| 2 | It was while Murdock was living in Cornwall that he did his experiments with the model locomotive and his work on gas lighting . |
| 3 | He became a huge favourite with pre-war fans , who loved his fiercely determined performances , and it was while Bob was playing for us that we came closest to clinching the Southern League championship , being denied on goal average alone by Swindon Town in 1913–14 . |
| 4 | ‘ No player … has shown greater ability to retain possession of the ball … his passes are invariably accurate and reach a forward so that the latter can make rapid headway ’ eulogised a Palace scribe back in 1913 , by which time H.H. ( as he was popularly called ) had become our club captain — indeed it was while Harry was our skipper that we had our best Southern League season and went within an ace of winning the Championship in 1914 . |
| 5 | It was while Kasmin was at Marlborough that he met David Hockney . |
| 6 | It was while Horatio was pushing the boy forward , that Virginia fainted . |
| 7 | Dissatisfied as he was , it was while Bishop of Bristol that he made the moral stand which guaranteed that his name would be heard for three centuries whenever Cornish men were gathered together . |