Example sentences of "while [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was safely locked away , I hope ? |
| 2 | While I was still labouring away , my mother screamed in a rich contralto . |
| 3 | But the most important thing I thought was the thought process I mean just just saying this while you were just going on I just jotted down in the same way you could come off with three ideas that around and I felt that was that was ideal . |
| 4 | Getting away from you while you were safely tucked up in bed ? ’ |
| 5 | They were meant to be a pro group while we were just starting out . |
| 6 | Coffee we said we thought we would get her some coffee while we were here did n't we ? |
| 7 | The first bombs went off while they were still walking around , and although the garrison fired away merrily , in the mêlée no shots came near the raiders . |
| 8 | Summerchild would have mentioned it by way of defending Northumberland Avenue , perhaps while they were still walking back along Great Scotland Yard . |
| 9 | He was still holding her arm , and she was very aware that it would be the easiest thing in the world to embrace him again , while he was still looking so handsome . |
| 10 | It was not a position which enhanced his personal popularity , but while he was still coming up with the stories Murray 's position was unassailable . |
| 11 | The first two weekends of the 1977 season were for Mario anyway marred by accidents : in Argentina the nose-mounted fire extinguisher exploded , and in Brazil he found himself sitting in a pool of petrol and got out of the car while it was still moving just as his cockpit went up in flames . |