Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] while i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Were they making all this noise while I was studying ? ’ he thought . |
| 2 | I found some interesting things while I was doing all this : a home-made astrolabe I 'd carved , a box containing the folded-flat parts for a scale model of the defences around Byzantium , the remains of my collection of telegraph-pole insulators , and some old jotters from when my father was teaching me French . |
| 3 | ‘ You probably took them this morning while I was sleeping , or maybe right now , before I got back from the jetty . ’ |
| 4 | Gerald said : ‘ I suppose somebody could have been in there doing the old man while I was trying to get in . |
| 5 | Gerald , pretending to a savoir faire he did not possess ; ‘ I suppose somebody could have been in there doing the old man while I was trying to get in … ’ |
| 6 | The Seychelles kestrel had so far eluded me , but I met an English birder while I was trying again to photograph waders in the harbour of Victoria , and he told me a pair had nested in one of the church towers in the town . |
| 7 | ‘ The high priest got all the young good-looking ones while I was left with the old fat ones . ’ |
| 8 | That evening while I was strolling by the sea , I felt some small twinge of sadness that I could not possess such physical belongings . |
| 9 | This was all happening while I was walking through the bus station and taking my place in the queue ; and when I gained my seat I began looking in my bag for a piece of paper and a biro , and then , on the inside of a chocolate-bar wrapping I wrote what I must memorize and recite if I were to get the message over to the doctor — I , who even made heavy weather of describing a sore throat ; I , who after a period in the waiting-room could dry up so as to be virtually dumb . |
| 10 | Kubrick was working for one year with Marlon Brando on One-Eyed Jacks while I was preparing Spartacus . |
| 11 | Take my gloves , and try not to get into any more trouble while I 'm gone . ’ |
| 12 | I became vividly aware of this disturbing phenomenon while I was sitting deep in thought on Hammersmith Bridge this afternoon . |
| 13 | For instance , I can not actively engage with a book unless I am mentally free to give myself to it — if my mind is on other practical affairs while I am reading or if my reading competence is inadequate then I shall not be able to submit to the experience . |
| 14 | Iain filled me in on the essential details while I was devouring that gargantuan breakfast . |
| 15 | The pepper pot idea first came about one lunchtime while I was having lunch with Chris Barry and Mervyn Pinfield . |
| 16 | Did any of you actually say at the beginning , if you have any questions while I 'm going along , please ask ? |
| 17 | She looked longingly at the keg , then with a casual twitch of her head added : ‘ I 'll see to that brandy while I 'm waiting , ’ and slipped out to the passage and the cellar door . |
| 18 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 19 | Des is through to the other platform while I 'm spitting out phlegm . |
| 20 | Can I just comment on the on the other two criteria while I 'm speaking sir to help you ? |
| 21 | other chapters while I was sleeping ? |