Example sentences of "[pron] while i be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 2 | ‘ Roman did make love to you while I was spending his money , did n't he ? ’ |
| 3 | If I 'm writing something up here and I talk to you while I 'm writing up here then what does it do ? |
| 4 | It 's not true that I saw no one while I was writing my book reviews in the printer 's office . |
| 5 | I still have to stitch er , erm my cardigan up for Melanie but erm it was easy to start off the other one while I was talking to your mother . |
| 6 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 7 | We had adopted them while I was preparing for the desert . |
| 8 | and I had Mike ironing them while I was putting 'em up , I said right stand here and watch me hang this curtain , so I 'm showing him how to iron it , so while I 'm upstairs putting 'em up he 's ironing |
| 9 | And you can eat them while I 'm getting your pyjamas on |
| 10 | I personally do n't like to eat them while I 'm drinking because I get too full , but if I put a plate of pie and peas down in the club they would go like lightning . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There is no point ’ , she said , ‘ in you sitting in class doing nothing while I am teaching the rest of the form the two-times table and how to spell cat and rat and mouse . |
| 12 | State the condition before you begin shopping : ‘ You can have a comic if you stay close by me while I am shopping . ’ |
| 13 | For some unknown reason I thought my chute must have been torn off me while I was getting out of my kite , and almost gave up making any further efforts to save myself . |
| 14 | Violet Sangston found me while I was searching for a hiding-place . |
| 15 | ‘ The spider came down on a thread in front of me while I was driving . |
| 16 | He tried so hard to help me while I was hurting in the hours it took to reach England ’ . |
| 17 | He 's standing right under me while I 'm trying to make some tea as I 'm pouring boiling water into the teapot and he 's right under my legs . |
| 18 | It 'll soon dry on me while I 'm leaning against the cows , they 're warm , they are . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Silly cow , ’ he breathed , as he ran down the bank into the yard , ‘ she 'll probably go cold on me while I 'm buggering about over here . ’ |
| 20 | That means I 'll have to carry this around with me while I 'm talking . |
| 21 | tickling her while I was talking to on the phone ! |
| 22 | She had a few words with him while I was speaking to Meryl Armitage — a delightful girl . ’ |
| 23 | Can you keep an eye on him while I 'm doing this dinner please ? |
| 24 | there 's no slow start on the reverse I got it while I was working in Leicestershire so I could n't really take it back it 'll cost me more in petrol |
| 25 | I think it was a hard life but I loved it while I was doing it . ’ |
| 26 | You know I pl I I started this album really I started writing it while I was doing Love Hurts in Israel and Zoe would s sort of catch in the caravan , what the hell are you doing now , you know I was writing lyrics and thi , and I started to get keyed into this album just before I finished Love Hurts . |
| 27 | I think she wrote it while I was talking to the doctor , crying my eyes out . |
| 28 | Yeah , I remembered it while I was walking round the shop , cos the more I yeah , the more I thought about it the worse I got when I stood by the machine . |