Example sentences of "while [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road . |
| 2 | Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July . |
| 3 | It was Geoffrey Howe , I am told , who knocked on one door while canvassing at a by-election in Epping , to be greeted by a tiny , wrinkled old lady rushing at him with arms outstretched : ‘ Oh Geoffrey at last I 've met you , my fluffy , cuddly little teddy bear ! ’ |
| 4 | On their third night she ordered him quite roughly to bring his legs closer together and found a way of rubbing herself against his knee while sucking at his neck that made him shudder . |
| 5 | The bar-room whose porch I was leaning on , while gazing at the street , was surrounded by cameras , lighting and film crew . |
| 6 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
| 7 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |
| 8 | He would look at Harry , the picture of health and happiness and , while marvelling at his steady uncomplicated progress , suddenly think of the child 's mother , a travesty of the woman he had once known , suffering , it would seem , from chronic post-natal depression , so much so that , on Winifred Shalcross 's advice , a second specialist had been called in . |
| 9 | The 46-year-old married man collapsed in freezing fog while walking at 600ft in the Brecon Beacons in Powys , mid Wales . |
| 10 | A Russian AN-8 transport plane crashed while landing at Chita airport , east of Lake Baikal in eastern Russia , on Oct. 30 , killing at least 14 people . |
| 11 | Belinda listened on tenterhooks to one side of the discussion as Tom somehow managed to present his case forcefully while driving at the same time . |
| 12 | In 1896 while sculling at Putney , an oarsman had been sunk by a stone-throwing youth , and in the following year there was a complaint that a yacht 's skylight had been broken at Lambeth Bridge and then ‘ a shower of horse dung greeted us at Chelsea ’ . |
| 13 | The fifth-century kings of Macedon , and indeed those of the fourth century till Philip acceded in 359 , imported Greek culture — Pindar wrote a poem for Alexander I in the 490s — while keeping at spear 's length the Greeks who were actually manufacturing that culture . |
| 14 | While training at Lossiemouth in Scotland he met a young Scots girl , Maisie Hunter , at one of the dances held at the Station — from then on they met regularly . |
| 15 | He had a successful operation in December but suffered problems with his shoulder socket while training at the start of last month . |
| 16 | Accuracy is best ensured by writing an exact description of what is seen while looking at it and checking the completed description before moving on . |
| 17 | As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display . |
| 18 | For example , we might draw the inference that a child who is able to name a picture of a boat , while looking at a picture book with her mother , will be able to name it on any other occasion ; the child ‘ knows the meaning of the word boat ’ . |
| 19 | Ben waved to the child , and when she approached them she exclaimed loudly while looking at Aggie , ‘ Oh , you are dressed ! |
| 20 | She knew she did not want to be an employee or to set up on her own and accepted a position as Recorder on the South-East Circuit while looking at the appointments pages in the newspapers . |
| 21 | Having scrabbled round picking up as many ‘ pros ’ as I can find , and then weighing them against the ‘ cons ’ , while looking at everything in the most optimistic light , there can be no doubt that we are doomed . |
| 22 | Take , for example , the perceptual experience that I have while looking at this bunch of carnations arranged in a vase on the table in the middle of the room . |
| 23 | For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor . |
| 24 | In the middle of the spectrum are those rare books that are rooted in some sort of evidence while looking at humans as the fascinating evolutionary product that they are . |
| 25 | ‘ Ah , Miss Cara Kingsdale , ’ Lubor beamed , shaking hands while looking at her admiringly . |
| 26 | No 87028 Lord President displays its InterCity livery while pausing at Carlisle with a southbound express on 27 August 1988 . |
| 27 | May organisations take part in this annual event , including Canadian Clubs , British and American Clubs , Scottish/American Clubs and many more to honour the young men who dies while serving at Flying Training Schools at Riddle Field , Clewiston and Carlstrom Field , Arcadia . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's — not — circumspect , ’ Leith told him , while wondering at her brother 's lack of sensitivity . |
| 29 | She recalled how she had steadied the block with one hand while pulling at the handle with the other , and how smoothly the blade had slid from its slot . |
| 30 | By clicking its tongue , a Rousettus bat can locate objects only 0.5 millimetres across while flying at high speed . |