Example sentences of "while i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , it ai n't my business who she is and what she 's doin' here , you probably found her in a gypsy caravan outside Spurgeon 's Tabernacle and brought her here while me back was turned . |
| 2 | Why do n't you clear away while me and Martin have a chat ? ’ |
| 3 | EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion , and while I agree with Joe Hyam 's concerning service charges ( Caterer , 15–21 August ) , I feel he is taking unfair advantage of his position to have a go at people who do not do things the ‘ Joe Hyam ’ way . |
| 4 | Then , as now while I write this , tears were running down my face . |
| 5 | However , as you know , most of my savings had vanished while I was unemployed and when I was offered a very nice flat near the school , the financial advantages of making that my single home base seemed overwhelming . |
| 6 | In addition , I no longer saw any of my old friends while I was up in London and my Hampstead flat felt rather empty without them . |
| 7 | Besides , I did n't think I could now save enough to make a significant difference to my standard of living when I retired , so I decided I might as well enjoy it while I had the chance . |
| 8 | Ironically , the hostel was charging so much in rent that while I did have to stay there , I was better off on the dole with the housing people picking up the bill than in cleaning work and having to pay it myself . |
| 9 | Unbeknown to me , she made some enquiries , and then one Friday , while I was sitting in the coffee shop having a quiet read of a newspaper someone had left , she appeared by my side . |
| 10 | While I was sitting waiting for Jenny , a number of well-dressed women of about my age filed past me , some of them evidently wearied by their afternoon of serious picture-watching . |
| 11 | By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’ |
| 12 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 13 | I did all the usual stuff — I gave her some money and stuck her on a tube train to a night shelter , but while I was walking out of the tube station , I thought to myself , ‘ you complacent bitch ’ ’ you know . |
| 14 | While I was up at university , an awful lot of students from wealthy backgrounds were fiddling the dole somehow , and I reckon that the politicians and civil servants think that all they 're in fact doing is cutting their own children 's pocket money . |
| 15 | While I was visiting Joan Greenway of Highfield Nurseries , the fruit specialists , she described to me her recipe for trouble-free apple growing : disease-resistant varieties , the right rootstock for your preferred size of tree , a simple summer and winter prune plus a crab apple to take care of your pollination needs . |
| 16 | My inclination to reject law as a possible course was incomprehensible to many , and while I was waiting to go to university I was constantly challenged about this . |
| 17 | ‘ He had been very good while I was pregnant . |
| 18 | Then I 'd disappear for days and make everyone go crazy with worry while I whooped it up down the nearest alley with some ear-tom tom . |
| 19 | Captain Colberg — will you proceed with the prisoners , while I search these premises for evidence ? |
| 20 | Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’ |
| 21 | While I can not see the attraction , at least it keeps her busy in the evenings . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 24 | ‘ If you must smoke you could at least go in the living room while I 'm cooking , ’ said Rodney . |
| 25 | While I was away it must have rained . |
| 26 | He invaded the bedroom and hopped , scabrous , all over me while I lay there , unable to move . |
| 27 | The sceptic might , at this point , complain that while I may have sketched out the functionalist position , I have not provided any convincing arguments as to why one should believe it . |
| 28 | The English pigeon devouring the remains of the couscous , without a pause , immersing its whole beak and head in the grains while I smiled at it , saying : ‘ You seem to like couscous from a packet . |
| 29 | I remembered the friend of Aisha 's who 'd helped me escape from her house in London , carrying one of Aisha 's children , while I took my suitcase and dragged the other child along with me . |
| 30 | The others are dozing while I chatter , attempting to cure their somnambulism with my words . |