Example sentences of "while i [vb base] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell me what you 've been doing , while I 've been moving mountains . ’ |
| 2 | All these months while I 've been writing these letters for her , I 've been putting myself in her place , feeling all the love she feels , remembering things that I never really knew about in the first place . |
| 3 | While I 've been injured I 've missed them and they 've missed me . |
| 4 | While I 've been to er while I 've been shopping I have n't had it on at all . |
| 5 | I 'm so glad you had this conversation with me while I 've been miked up and I 've got it all taped . |
| 6 | It 's wandered to every lass in Mull and Morvern while I 've been carrying this babe for you ! ’ |
| 7 | And this I 've had to take it twice while I 've been doing some shopping now . |
| 8 | And those have gone home while I 've been doing something else for them , they 've gone , and left me ! |
| 9 | Oh you hear it , it 's rung for as much as twenty minutes while I 've been walking round . |
| 10 | Q I have been using extra red Henna on my hair for almost two years while I 've been growing my hair . |
| 11 | Mrs Coleridge has observed the workings of my face , while I have been writing ; and is intreating to know what is the matter — I dread to shew her your Letter — I dread it . |
| 12 | Lesser rorqual , pilot whales , Risso 's dolphins , killer whales and porpoises are all likely to be met with in Shetland waters and most of my close encounters have been while I have been drifting with the motor stopped . |