Example sentences of "while i be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while I am here , I am a sinner-a redeemed sinner — that is my style … ‘ |
| 2 | I want to see as much of London and the rest of Britain as I can while I am here . |
| 3 | Still , perhaps I shall get a chance to at least pass my regards to young Mikhail while I am here . ’ |
| 4 | I say I will use it while I am here and give it back when I go . |
| 5 | I am hoping to improve my English while I am here . ’ |
| 6 | He told the delegates that he was " tired of the impossible state of affairs in which I suffer bitter attacks from the outside … while I am also attacked by colleagues at home who sing the daily chorus of slander and besmirching " . |
| 7 | Now they shall see that I can do extremes and by God they shall learn to keep their hands from Gwynedd while I am yet alive . ’ |
| 8 | While I am away please note that there will only be weekday Masses on Monday and Friday . |
| 9 | While I am away the Fathers of the Priory are very kindly looking after things for me , so please refer any crises to them ( telephone : 2149 ) . |
| 10 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 11 | ‘ If you would consent to be affianced to me , would wait for me , would permit me to write while I am away — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do not go for lonely walks while I am away . ’ |
| 13 | I understand this theory and , while I am not able to disprove it , I feel that , in the light of all the research which has been done in more recent times , it leaves too many gaps which no one has yet been able to fill . |
| 14 | While I am not suggesting that you immediately dismantle an arrangement of flowers , perhaps after a day or two you could carefully remove a leaf or two , and a few flowers . |
| 15 | Such characteristics as initiative , purposefulness , persistence and self-control are developed through sport and , while I am not sold on the idea of sport as a builder of ‘ character ’ , I do believe that these capacities serve important functions in self-actualization , that tendency of all human beings to develop their full potentialities . |
| 16 | And while I am not so naive as to thing that they have the time or the motivation to sample every title on the Whitbread short list , a good number of these men think they ought to . |
| 17 | While I am not denigrating individual interpreters working for the immigration service or the Home Office , many of whom work extremely hard and do a very good job , it is essential that those seeking political asylum have an absolute guarantee that the person doing the translating is independent , is fully aware of the importance of an asylum application , is fully familiar with the cases and is somebody whose background has been inquired into to make sure that he or she is not in a position to infiltrate the immigration service and pass information back to the regime from which the individual may be fleeing , thus putting their family at risk . |
| 18 | Why is she the Crown Princess , while I am only her Captain ? ’ |
| 19 | While I am only too well aware of the ailing state of the UK economy , I can not help but agree with the comments made by both Scottish Liberal Democrat leader , Jim Wallace , and SNP employment spokesman , Roger Mullin , in response to yesterday 's announcement of record Scottish unemployment figures of something in excess of 260,000 . |
| 20 | I AM RESOLVED to leave some brief account of my days while I am still able . |
| 21 | While I am still free , I am at liberty to take my pleasure when I choose . |
| 22 | While I am gradually declassed : mocked and spurned by all the liberties of love . |
| 23 | And when in 1937 a questionnaire was distributed to authors about their attitude towards the Spanish Civil War , he sent the reply ( which he said that he never expected to be published ) that , " While I am naturally sympathetic I still feel convinced that it is best that at least a few men of letters remain silent " . |
| 24 | While I am far too gentle and decent a person to criticise any Opposition Member who has joined in the expressions of appreciation of this action , I have to say , in the kindest possible way , that if the defence policies to which the Opposition subscribe — I include all the Opposition parties — were implemented , we should not be ordering a rowing boat , let alone three frigates . |
| 25 | I have to say that while I am quite sure that ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ is a perfectly suitable wash for people with sensitive skins and that a no-talcum powder has a lot going for it , I ca n't possible support the selling of this product as necessary for ‘ intimate ’ care . |
| 26 | ‘ While I am quite happy to move if everything is right , there are many obstacles to be overcome , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The deputy mayor said confidently , ‘ While I am absolutely certain that he will be found , if he is not found , this will be setting a precedent ’ ; since the mayoral office was instituted this is normally only a formality , with the mayor-elect waiting downstairs to be ‘ found ’ . |
| 28 | I only pray heaven she may not take it into her head to run away while I am out of reach ! ’ |
| 29 | While I am all for buying British , very little of what we buy here today is entirely British . |
| 30 | and I had Mike ironing them while I was putting 'em up , I said right stand here and watch me hang this curtain , so I 'm showing him how to iron it , so while I 'm upstairs putting 'em up he 's ironing |