Example sentences of "while i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’ |
| 2 | At another , we are still getting there , and the man whose bomb explodes at Bologna railway station one summer day in 1980 while I am pulling this page into shape falls straight back inside The Possessed . |
| 3 | While I am waiting on the platform , a railway employee shouts across the track that the 9.49 is cancelled , and that the next train will be at 10.19 . |
| 4 | At times like these , while I am watching a midnight sunset or sunrise , I shed a tear for those poor campers putting up with long hours of dark in the Himalayas or the like . |
| 5 | While I am away please note that there will only be weekday Masses on Monday and Friday . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ If I hit a container like a folder or a disk while I am dragging , then the container makes its sound and the dragging sound stops . |
| 8 | ‘ I want my successor to be known while I am alive , ’ he explained . |
| 9 | My mother I can hardly see save as she is now while I am writing . |
| 10 | But while I am here , I am a sinner-a redeemed sinner — that is my style … ‘ |
| 11 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
| 12 | It seems he is at play while I am asleep . |
| 13 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 14 | They eat ‘ dinner ’ at nine in the evening or even later , while I am ravenous at five o'clock when at home we would usually be having tea . |
| 15 | I want to see as much of London and the rest of Britain as I can while I am here . |
| 16 | While I am sure we are all keeping our fingers crossed for the fledgling states of Eastern Europe , it is exceptionally hard to see how a group of dissidents could draw inspiration from the lyrics of Lou Reed . |
| 17 | For instance , I can not actively engage with a book unless I am mentally free to give myself to it — if my mind is on other practical affairs while I am reading or if my reading competence is inadequate then I shall not be able to submit to the experience . |
| 18 | State the condition before you begin shopping : ‘ You can have a comic if you stay close by me while I am shopping . ’ |
| 19 | While I am near her , |
| 20 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 21 | Now , while I am at least mildly interested in his thoughts on evolution , why would the publisher of Angell 's book believe I would care what Gould thought about a baseball book ? |
| 22 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 23 | With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Mr Spedding said he at least would continue the tradition , ‘ while I am able to stagger up the stairs ’ . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | While I am sure that there may indeed be any number of genuine psychics and astrologers who can do precisely what they claim in this field , what is to prevent charlatans telling you that you were a Roman gladiator , a druid or even Napoleon ? |
| 29 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |
| 30 | While I am all for buying British , very little of what we buy here today is entirely British . |