Example sentences of "while [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Geoffrey Howe , I am told , who knocked on one door while canvassing at a by-election in Epping , to be greeted by a tiny , wrinkled old lady rushing at him with arms outstretched : ‘ Oh Geoffrey at last I 've met you , my fluffy , cuddly little teddy bear ! ’ |
| 2 | For example , we might draw the inference that a child who is able to name a picture of a boat , while looking at a picture book with her mother , will be able to name it on any other occasion ; the child ‘ knows the meaning of the word boat ’ . |
| 3 | A young motorist who crashed into another car while reversing at a fast speed escaped a driving ban at Whitby magistrates yesterday . |
| 4 | Some , like the Stand-off Land Attack Missile , SLAM , or the Israeli-produced Have Nap , can be ‘ flown ’ by pilots looking through the missile 's television eye , while sitting at a safe remove in aircraft . |
| 5 | ‘ Yet you expect me to conduct the case and arrive at decisions , even order an arrest , while sitting at a desk . ’ |
| 6 | I try the rig through various sets of speakers — Celestions , EVs and JBL studio monitors , etc. — and obviously the results vary accordingly , but I end up with my tone controls on 4 , 3 , 3 and 4 , while arriving at a Moore-ish/Beck-ish/Clapton-ish sound . |
| 7 | North died in London 5 May 1896 , while presiding at a company meeting at Gracechurch Street . |
| 8 | He died after an incident while working at a house in Beech Grove Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | TWO barmaids claimed social security benefit while working at a Kiki 's bar in Darlington , a court heard yesterday . |
| 10 | The couple — who now run a pet shop in Hull — married while held at a nuclear plant in Basra , Iraq . |