Example sentences of "while i [be] doing " in BNC.
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1 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
2 | She flung the wardrobe open , riffled the line of clothes , selected a blouse , waved it at him , added , ‘ … while I 'm doing this , ’ and rushed out again . |
3 | ‘ While I 'm doing all this , ’ ’ she said , ‘ have a look in my wardrobe and see what you think . ’ |
4 | erm and with this money that I 'm going to earn in the first six weeks and then possibly erm getting a job while I 'm doing the correspondence course erm you know even if it 's just bar work and especially |
5 | 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 . |
6 | If , while I 'm doing that , I see the chance to help Ana then I will , for her sake , not yours . |
7 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
8 | I suppose I 'm going to do , that while I 'm doing it for each course , |
9 | cos while I 'm doing that I |
10 | I just thought while I 'm doing |
11 | Can you keep an eye on him while I 'm doing this dinner please ? |
12 | No , use that while I 'm doing the entertainment . |
13 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
14 | I think it was a hard life but I loved it while I was doing it . ’ |
15 | I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert . |
16 | ‘ I helped you by clearing all the leaves in the yard , ’ she told him half a dozen times , ‘ and I got a cold while I was doing it . |
17 | 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 ’ . |
18 | While I was doing this , the enemy shot thousands of arrows at me , which caused me a lot of pain . |
19 | While I was doing that sentence my other case for running a brothel and living off immoral earnings came up . |
20 | He slipped out again while I was doing my rounds . ’ |
21 | I did not let anybody enter my laboratory or my flat while I was doing this awful work . |
22 | While I was doing this , the girl 's father , who was looking for her , reached us . |
23 | I found some interesting things while I was doing all this : a home-made astrolabe I 'd carved , a box containing the folded-flat parts for a scale model of the defences around Byzantium , the remains of my collection of telegraph-pole insulators , and some old jotters from when my father was teaching me French . |
24 | While I was doing that all the drums I left last week for them just to do they had n't done . |
25 | You know I pl I I started this album really I started writing it while I was doing Love Hurts in Israel and Zoe would s sort of catch in the caravan , what the hell are you doing now , you know I was writing lyrics and thi , and I started to get keyed into this album just before I finished Love Hurts . |