Example sentences of "[pron] during [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like mantises that eat their mates , or are eaten by them during intimate congress — even knowing that such a fate must occur — they were fraternally drawn to one another , obeying a bizarre tropism . |
| 2 | ‘ Look at little Marjorie , ’ her mother 's friends had laughed as she fired aggressively at them during boring plastiware parties . |
| 3 | She was involved in some of the student protests against them during that period ; but at the end of the day she still felt that an English education was a necessary tool for survival for her children . |
| 4 | What we ha If we do n't support them during that period , how on earth do we get them to be two years old ? |
| 5 | It is better to control them during this ‘ in-ground ’ period , the best control being achieved by watering down a solution of a chemical , one of a group with the long name ‘ chlorinated hydrocarbons ’ , and used primarily in this case on lawns as a wormkiller . |
| 6 | She had no wish for Doreen to accompany them during this rare opportunity to be alone with Silas ; then she sighed with relief as his next words rang like bells in her ears . |
| 7 | What I am seeking to do is to go and support Conservative candidates up and down the country and I 'm supporting many of them during this local election campaign . |
| 8 | Great attention was paid to the pollution which resulted from contact with them during these periods , with vital purification rituals being prescribed to avert the danger to both individuals and community ( in particular , the male religious community , see below ) and restrictions imposed on their movement , particularly with regard access to the cult , during their times of uncleanness . |
| 9 | And the previous level of frankness in communication between the spouses about these matters can narrow or widen the possibility of stress between them during these communications in a hospital ward . |
| 10 | Ruined churches still stand as testaments to the women and children burnt alive in them during those years . |
| 11 | He said his thug would stay with me during that time . ’ |
| 12 | A lot of personal things had been happening to me during that year . |
| 13 | It certainly sustained me during that dreadful time . |
| 14 | He was forever denouncing me during Parliamentary Questions in the most lurid terms but the denunciations were invariably so protracted that even his own side lost interest . |
| 15 | I would appreciate your prayers for me during these coming months as I seek direction from the Lord about my future . |
| 16 | I also have to bear in mind the interests of my wife and family who have been such a wonderful support to me during this particularly trying period for all of us . |
| 17 | The fact that the Commission sat on its hands and did nothing during these events must be taken as some indication of the prevailing mood in Brussels . |
| 18 | This is largely due to support provided by the British Library Research and Development Division which during 1978–1980 funded projects in seven UK library schools based on the use of the HP2645A . |
| 19 | Between them the Italian and German aircraft made possible an air-ferry which during late July and early August bore the greater part of the Army of Africa across the Straits of Gibraltar to Seville . |
| 20 | The level of noise pollution from one of the larger aerogenerators which during high winds would achieve supersonic speeds at the end of the blade would certainly be of formidable proportions . |
| 21 | Was the old sardonic Lexandro reasserting himself during this lull of relaxation ? |
| 22 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 23 | I am very honoured as Rector to be associated with this great University and hope that during my period of office should you decide to come here , that I may be of assistance to you during that time . |
| 24 | And about this too I hope to help you during this course . |
| 25 | The authorities closed the Square itself during early June , citing a number of apparently spurious events , including a mass driving lesson for the city 's taxi-drivers on June 4 . |
| 26 | The country found itself during 1990 and in the early part of 1991 in a vicious circle of falling productivity and chronic shortages caused by the lack of foreign exchange to pay for imports . |
| 27 | The territorial expansion of the big cities , and the further metropolitanization of London itself during this period , represents a fascinating period of land-use change and urban transformation . |
| 28 | His illness began to manifest itself during this time but , being David , he refused to allow it to interfere with his duties as President . |
| 29 | Clashes also continued within Turkey itself during this period , and some 40 people were reported to have been killed in separate incidents , the worst of these occurring on Aug. 16 when 14 Kurds and five troops and police died as demonstrations broke out to mark the eighth anniversary of the separatist rebellions of 1983 [ see pp. 33037-38 ] . |
| 30 | Why had n't she realized how hopeless she had become , how she had forgotten everything during those months of pregnancy ? |