Example sentences of "[vb pp] while [verb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Athulathmudali was shot while speaking at an election meeting .
2 Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) .
3 For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor .
4 On Feb. 7 , 1990 , some 300,000 gallons of heavy Alaskan crude oil were spilt off the southern California coast when a tanker , American Trader , leased by the British Petroleum Oil Company , USA , was holed while mooring at an offshore pipeline terminal .
5 Seven years after the Americans bombed Libya , a veteran peace campaigner has been arrested while protesting at the airbase used for the raid .
6 Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road .
7 Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July .
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