Example sentences of "[coord] while i be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Run upstairs on your windowsill , in the corner , cos I 've seen it Stephen , go and get his number and while I 'm thinking about it , go on . |
| 2 | And while I 'm focusing the overhead , this is the er , this is a postcard that er , a student did this course some years ago , sent me from the U S. |
| 3 | And while I 'm doing that , the two bucks are pushing past me into the room and they 've got his shirt open and they 're really doing a number on him . |
| 4 | And while I 'm talking Labour running , I notice that the original seconder if this motion was one Councillor , the former arch cash-cutter of Social Services |
| 5 | And while I 'm working hard at waking up my inner cheer leader , Riva scans the room . |
| 6 | Hellen , Wally and Oscar were producing films all over Canada and while I was enjoying the hospitality of Shelly Films I was also enjoying the pleasant company of Hellen Semmens . |
| 7 | Well she did n't persuade me but she said she thought it was a very good idea because it was on all the new sets and while I was buying a new set I might as well |
| 8 | Amateurs are allowed to compete in these events , too , and while I was trying hard to push for more birdies , the amateurs would be content with 2 or 3-under-par . |
| 9 | I kept doing these funny little laughs all the way home and while I was developing and printing the film . |
| 10 | And while I was leaning over the side , Sogono tapped me on the shoulder and said , ‘ How many soldier you kill , Chinaman ? |
| 11 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 12 | I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert . |
| 13 | So I pulled to the side and I had n't changed a tyre for a long time , but I got the jack out of the back and started to jack the car up , and while I was doing it , these two ladies went , ‘ Ah , it 's Sting ’ . |
| 14 | I sat in my chair with my face close to the table , and while I was talking to one group of visitors , the others used to drive round the table . |
| 15 | ‘ They sent me out to do a match report and while I was sitting at a desk typing it up , Captain Bob appeared in the office , attracted by the presence of television cameras . |
| 16 | My inclination to reject law as a possible course was incomprehensible to many , and while I was waiting to go to university I was constantly challenged about this . |
| 17 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 18 | But while I am looking at it my eyes constantly wander from one flower to the next , pausing at some , ignoring others , picking out the details of their shapes and colours . |
| 19 | I did all the usual stuff — I gave her some money and stuck her on a tube train to a night shelter , but while I was walking out of the tube station , I thought to myself , ‘ you complacent bitch ’ ’ you know . |
| 20 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |