Example sentences of "whilst [v-ing] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , whilst appearing to criticize the antisemitism of Streicher and The Protocols , the author does not wholly distance himself from the traditions of antisemitism . |
| 2 | Whilst swearing to uphold the country 's 1987 Constitution , he emphasised that his election marked a break with the past and promised to combat the greed and corruption which had characterized the county 's previous governments . |
| 3 | Noseir was shot and seriously injured by a US Postal Service police officer whilst attempting to escape the scene . |
| 4 | Barman Mike Wheeler slipped whilst attempting to catch the picture , badly slashing his wrist on the broken glass and at the same time dropping his lighted cigarette into a box of Buxtons Tripe and Strawberry Flavoured Crisps . |
| 5 | Whilst wishing to market the seminar widely to relevant professionals , selected industrialists and other public figures , as also members of BAIE and IPR , I want to ensure attendance fees would not preclude young members of the PR and communications industry from participating . |
| 6 | In my experience , British Rail whilst wishing to encourage the use of of trains as they would , er are resistant to opening stations that just delay journey times . |
| 7 | At the doctor 's I generally last four minutes before collapsing whilst trying to describe the muscle pain which he knows is a muscle pain but which I know he 's only saying is a muscle pain to disguise the seriousness of his true diagnosis . |
| 8 | Others within the Democratic Party counselled caution , however , accusing Bush of seeking to renege upon his undertaking whilst trying to shift the blame for any new taxes upon the Democrat-controlled Congress . |