Example sentences of "while [pron] [was/were] talking " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years later , while I was talking at a meeting on educational reform , a local superintendent of schools rose from his seat in the back of the room and , moving to the door , said scornfully , so that many could hear , ‘ Well , back to reality ’ . |
| 2 | While I was talking to Metsola one day he swallowed some medicine . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | While I was talking , the King was making notes . |
| 5 | I think she wrote it while I was talking to the doctor , crying my eyes out . |
| 6 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 7 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 8 | No , and I had I er I had tried to appeal to him to be quiet , he said well I 've got to build this shed , I said well it do n't have to be during the night when other people are trying to sleep , he said well that 's up to them , and he started hammering again , while I was talking to him , and then I kept on and on and eventually , I think while I was talking to him I 'd kept him quiet while I was talking to him . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Your Pat said to me on Sunday while I was talking to her , she said , when she was saying oh well she does n't know whether to vote Tory because |
| 11 | tickling her while I was talking to on the phone ! |
| 12 | jumping around while I was talking to her on the phone , I was getting so pissed the phone . |
| 13 | ‘ So , ’ said Milsom patiently , ‘ what was the doctor doing while she was talking ? ’ |
| 14 | Luke had disappeared while she was talking to Godfrey . |
| 15 | Oddly enough , it was not during one of these silences but while she was talking that her eyes closed and her shallow breathing became deeper . |
| 16 | I 've actually I 've actually been doing some arithmetic while you were talking |
| 17 | And while we were talking about Crippen , it would probably be unwise to choose as a role model someone who had been topped for the offence . |
| 18 | While we were talking I was checking a time-table . |
| 19 | ‘ You said we must think about what they know from bugging us while we were talking after they 'd gone . ’ |
| 20 | But while we were talking the weather had changed . |
| 21 | Oh — and this 'll interest you — while we were talking who should go past but your solicitor friend . |
| 22 | ‘ I am sorry , I did n't remember it while we were talking . ’ |
| 23 | While we were talking , from outside in the courtyard there came the sudden sound of excited shouting . |
| 24 | And while we were talking about Brighton ( away back up there in the message ) , god is nt Brightons kit crap ? |
| 25 | erm I just put that up , which should have been up while we were talking about money , which is erm the beautiful Oxford crown , which you can see downstairs , which was minted at New Inn Hall , the college that emptied , and was turned into the mint , mostly from college plate . |
| 26 | yes and everybody not too happy as you can probably imagine erm Peter erm while we were talking to Paul Simpson , in fact Brian Horton was holding his press conference and I think he said the same as everybody else ; ‘ Bolder the opposition goalkeeper had an inspired game , but really United had the chances and the possession , and really everything to kill Charlton off long before half time and really put no pressure on themselves in the second half . ’ |
| 27 | The gun lay on the covers , where she had put it down while they were talking . |
| 28 | While they were talking , they heard a ‘ terrific roar ’ and saw more heavy machinery moving past them . |
| 29 | While they were talking , Sam Somerville was pleading with Kevin Brown . |
| 30 | While they were talking in a corner , the room had drained of people . |