Example sentences of "[adv] while i [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you breakfasted ; Do so while I am dressing , and then we will order the carriage . |
| 2 | You know , I had you in mind constantly while I was making it . |
| 3 | I wondered what he was up to when I spotted him coming back inside while I was looking for you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Something you threw together while I was unpacking ? ’ |
| 5 | One thing I must ask you about just while I 'm thinking about it . |
| 6 | So now and this is this one much like while I was taking time off |
| 7 | My mother I can hardly see save as she is now while I am writing . |
| 8 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 9 | It was all overdone , like the decorations in the ward , but even while I was having a superior little mental scoff , they were making me feel obscurely uneasy and near to tears . |
| 10 | ‘ And , if that was n't enough , even while I 'm realising what an idiot I 'm being to grow so infuriated that you and Lubor Ondrus appear to be in each other 's pockets , you , who have no fear whatsoever of my dog — indeed have that day taken him walking — now seem to be taking him over too ! |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't actually have to live there while I 'm writing it . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll put your cake in there while I 'm clearing up . |
| 13 | I think I would , I think I feel like that everything will still be there while I was riding along . |
| 14 | ‘ He managed to get almost there while I was fighting a rearguard and desperate battle with the bull . |
| 15 | ‘ Fortunately while I was answering it I caught sight of her trying to take the painting down . ’ |
| 16 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , it started again while I was running to get out of that place . |
| 18 | He slipped out again while I was doing my rounds . ’ |
| 19 | Er just quietly while I 'm checking Lisa 's finger . |