Example sentences of "[coord] while [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recent study that I made ( Squires 1986 ) attempted to get some reactions from such bodies on the subject , and while they were again mixed , a substantial number had reservations about modular schemes at the undergraduate stage , though more were in favour at the postgraduate or continuing stage . |
| 2 | So , to test their intelligence we decided to show each horse a plate of oats , and while it was still watching to place the food inside the ring of the tire with the empty feed bucket on top . |
| 3 | Shortly before the end of the term and while it was still requisitioned it was destroyed by fire . |
| 4 | ‘ My heart was hot within me and while I was thus musing the fire kindled : and at the last I spake with my tongue … ’ |
| 5 | And while he was busily playing a little-heralded starring role for Ireland in their early Five Nations games against Scotland and France , McBride was slowly guiding Malone to the Digital Ulster Senior League title . |
| 6 | He claimed that Ferrara and Faenza had been promised to papal authority in 757 as part of the Exarchate of Ravenna before Desiderius became king and while he was still struggling for the crown with his rival King Ratchis . |
| 7 | It was not a position which enhanced his personal popularity , but while he was still coming up with the stories Murray 's position was unassailable . |