Example sentences of "while he [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month , while he is away on an expedition , we publish the factfile of our remarkable columnist Old Fishfinger |
| 2 | With the CCTV and radio paging systems being interfaced , the night porter can be warned of an alarm situation even while he is away from his desk . |
| 3 | Naively , too , the merchant tells his wife to be " " buxom " " , " obedient , biddable " , to " " every wight " " while he is away in Flanders . |
| 4 | ‘ Fortunately the Warwickshire manager , Bob Woolmer , is a friend of South African cricket and is looking after Allan 's interests but we will only be happy while he is there in charge of him . ’ |
| 5 | This preference was even stronger when minnows were offered plastic models of nests — they invariably laid in nests containing white eggs , a habit which tends to ensure that the minnows ' eggs hatch before the perch 's do , and therefore while he is still on guard . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know whether it 's true or not but we wanted to do it while he is still in charge . ’ |
| 7 | All these fears and many more went through my mind when the producers of Wogan rang to say ‘ Howzabout taking over Terry 's spot while he 's away on his hols ? ’ |
| 8 | Everything a man need to keep up appearances while he 's away from home . |
| 9 | A team of four assassins , made up from the now disbanded Security Police , have vowed to kill Mobuto while he 's here in America . |
| 10 | a set of memoirs er critical of the Prime Minister while he 's still in office . |
| 11 | Then he sat down to watch the video of a film recorded while he was away at the funeral . |
| 12 | While he was away at the buffet , MacMinimum said quietly to John : ‘ For God 's sake , say not a word on railways . |
| 13 | Stephen did n't expect her to mope around while he was away on business . |
| 14 | He was glad to be included in old routines and in a family which he always thought while he was away from it , he had outgrown . |
| 15 | Might have brought some of the stuff up while he was away from the table . |
| 16 | They took over Yvon 's room while he was away in Peru . |
| 17 | It was while he was away in England , crowning his wife as queen and seeking further material support for the war , that his brother , Thomas , duke of Clarence , was defeated and killed at Bauge , in Anjou , by a Franco-Scottish force on 22 March 1421 . |
| 18 | No we did n't because I had bought various things , I like antiques so does my husband , I 'd bought various things while he was away in this erm , the card table and er , I had a new place of stuff , er but since we 've been , but we had odd chairs did n't we ? |
| 19 | Jesus himself said , while he was here on earth , that , it 's in Matthew chapter twelve and verse thirty , he who is not with me is against me . |
| 20 | One is left with the reflection that Fred Dawes gained an excellent reputation with Crystal Palace even though we were , in all honesty , a poor quality outfit while he was here after the war . |
| 21 | Something happened , something came into his mind , while he was there at Aurae Phiala , that prompted him to disappear and let the party leave without him . ’ |
| 22 | While he was still with them it was a time of celebration and joy . |
| 23 | The suspension followed allegations that , while he was still on duty , he had sex with a woman in a police patrol car . |
| 24 | Mr Harris said Newton got up but instead of walking he punched Mr Hallam on the face while he was still on the turf and then kicked him . |
| 25 | Versions of it in prose and rhyme had been written up while he was still at Gastons . |
| 26 | While he was still at headquarters , the unfortunate Cunningham was sacked by Auchinleck and replaced by General Ritchie . |
| 27 | Both districts selected him for their under-21 practice matches in January , but the youngster , who played for Ayr while he was still at Kyle Academy , opted for his home district , Glasgow . |
| 28 | It was while he was still at Seletar that England declared war on Germany on September 3 , 1939 and he did not return to England until February , 1940 . |
| 29 | In his book With an Independent Air Howard Thomas , a contemporary of Sydney Newman at ABC TV , insists the idea of Doctor Who was dreamed up by Newman , while he was still at ITV , only to have the idea rejected by the sanctioning board . |
| 30 | He was a Cambridge blue during the years 1888–90 and won the first of his thirteen caps for England playing in the match against Wales in 1890 while he was still at university . |