Example sentences of "while [pers pn] 'm [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , sweetie , get me a bit of newspaper from the box , and dump all the silver on it , and while I 'm at it , you might get the vase and candlestick from the sitting room , and I 'll do your trophy if you like . ’ |
| 2 | Oh while I 'm at it , might as well dish out the agendas as well since we 've already started . |
| 3 | Send it back immediately , or I 'll take it back for you — and punch his impertinent face in while I 'm at it ! ’ |
| 4 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
| 5 | Do you want me go hire a video camera while I 'm at it ? |
| 6 | By the way Tom while I 'm on it erm I mislead you yesterday erm I look in my list I realized I |
| 7 | ‘ Put mine there too , ’ she said , ‘ and while I 'm about it , anyone who would like to join our Amateur Dramatics Group is very welcome . |
| 8 | ‘ Right , and I 'll take a shufti round the wood while I 'm about it . |
| 9 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 10 | What the hell , though , while I 'm about it — the whole truth . |
| 11 | I fetch myself another gin while I 'm up and pour a bit in Mum 's tea while I 'm about it . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've now arranged to fly out and spend the last two weeks of his working trip with him as a kind of nosing-around holiday while I 'm about it , but the first two weeks … ’ |