Example sentences of "while [pron] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were written while I was on a train and probably in a bad mood . |
| 2 | While I was on the smack , it had n't bothered me much 'cos smack 's a good painkiller . |
| 3 | While I was on the telephone , busy finalising details , the Princess of Wales stood nearby , leaning against a wall , chatting to one of her detectives . |
| 4 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 5 | Clare died the next morning , and while she was on the life support machine , although she was n't conscious , I promised her I would never sell or loan out Southall . |
| 6 | ‘ Clare died on the next morning , and while she was on the life support machine , although she was n't conscious , I promised her I would never sell or loan out Southall . ’ |
| 7 | teapot while she was on the toilet . |
| 8 | The best he could hope for was to see Helen a bit while she was on the rebound … but maybe … |
| 9 | While she was on the train she was safe . |
| 10 | Her tougher aspect emerged while she was on the staff of the Sun in 1970 , when she led 30 women journalists in the ‘ Battle of Campari Creek ’ at El Vino 's on Fleet Street . |
| 11 | It would be so much easier to get things done while she was on the spot . |
| 12 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 13 | While we were on the beach below another tourist tried to climb up to the ruin ; but a flock of dive-bombing gulls , screaming histrionically , drove him off . |
| 14 | In the course of the evening a note was handed in from Mrs Campbell of Jura House saying she had heard of our arrival and as she was sure there was no comfort in the Hotel she hoped we would come there in the morning and stay with them while we were on the island , assuring us also that she would do all in her power to further the cause for which we had come . |
| 15 | On the most mundane level , repayment of any debts they owed was postponed until their return ; while they were on the crusade their property was taken under the protection of the church . |
| 16 | She slept deeply while they were on the motorway , but woke as he came into London and had to stop and start in the heavy evening traffic . |
| 17 | Emlyn Williams , who stayed with them in this period while he was on a tour with his Charles Dickens readings , describes scenes of domestic industry and felicity . |
| 18 | Both are also accused of the attempted murder of police constables John Jenkinson , 27 , and Simon Castrey , 27 , allegedly stabbed by Vernage while he was on the run . |
| 19 | A man is tonight being questioned by police in connection with a shotgun murder that occurred while he was on the run from prison . |
| 20 | Now , now you were saying before your father er was unemployed quite a lot of the time during your childhood erm did he actually get any Unemployment Benefit while he was on the dole ? |
| 21 | And while he was on the film set or wherever he was you know , away from home for the week , he 'd be playing around with every bit of skirt he could find . |
| 22 | While he was on the phone Lyn 's sister had come in , big-boned , yellow-haired Joanne , only nineteen and married six months . |
| 23 | So cos apparently , while he was on the phone she came knocking at the door then |
| 24 | Yeah , but , no Anton had to make a phone call anyway and he said while he was on the phone |
| 25 | And he was very keen on Sara Calvert while he was on the mend . |
| 26 | On 29 August 1745 the younger Stuart , still only 20 , had slipped secretly away and on 24 October 1745 , while he was on the road , a Treaty of Alliance was drawn up at Fontainebleau , under which the French king promised ‘ James III ’ , as he was styled , to help him against their ‘ common enemy ’ , described , for diplomatic reasons , not as king of England but as Elector of Hanover . |
| 27 | And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted . |