Example sentences of "while i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After having amassed around 200 hours on the Corsair since purchasing it in 1982 , the novelty of flying this beast has not diminished : ‘ Today I feel that every flight in the Corsair is as exciting as the first , mainly because with the Corsair you can not afford to be complacent , as the aircraft will sometimes bite back , so I have to be alert all the time while I am flying ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no point ’ , she said , ‘ in you sitting in class doing nothing while I am teaching the rest of the form the two-times table and how to spell cat and rat and mouse . |
| 3 | My mother I can hardly see save as she is now while I am writing . |
| 4 | If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession , he will tear it to pieces to annoy me . |
| 5 | While I am writing , I wonder if you would be prepared to attend a conference being held in Swansea on Tuesday 16th of June , details of which are enclosed . |
| 6 | At times like these , while I am watching a midnight sunset or sunrise , I shed a tear for those poor campers putting up with long hours of dark in the Himalayas or the like . |
| 7 | But while I am looking at it my eyes constantly wander from one flower to the next , pausing at some , ignoring others , picking out the details of their shapes and colours . |
| 8 | And you will be Khan while I am gone , and the people will come to you for justice . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I hit a container like a folder or a disk while I am dragging , then the container makes its sound and the dragging sound stops . |
| 10 | ‘ All this , ’ he adds , ‘ apropos of the drunken caterwauling in the kitchen from J and his cronies while I am trying to read Gide 's Journal on a Saturday evening . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Have you breakfasted ; Do so while I am dressing , and then we will order the carriage . |
| 12 | While I am tucked up by my warm fire being waited on hand and foot , you will be out in your cars touring the streets with nowhere to go , wishing in vain for a lovely girl to console you and end your loneliness . |
| 13 | For instance , I can not actively engage with a book unless I am mentally free to give myself to it — if my mind is on other practical affairs while I am reading or if my reading competence is inadequate then I shall not be able to submit to the experience . |
| 14 | ‘ While I am pursuing the offender I do not want blood on the streets . ’ |
| 15 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 16 | While I am waiting on the platform , a railway employee shouts across the track that the 9.49 is cancelled , and that the next train will be at 10.19 . |
| 17 | With headaches the pain will almost always disappear ( while I am working on them ) as soon as they release the tension that has caused the pain . |
| 18 | What right have I to criticise so strongly ivory traders in China who are merely making a living , while I am sitting here killing unsuspecting animals for no reason at all ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | State the condition before you begin shopping : ‘ You can have a comic if you stay close by me while I am shopping . ’ |
| 21 | He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival . |
| 22 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |
| 23 | At another , we are still getting there , and the man whose bomb explodes at Bologna railway station one summer day in 1980 while I am pulling this page into shape falls straight back inside The Possessed . |
| 24 | Can I just comment on the on the other two criteria while I 'm speaking sir to help you ? |
| 25 | And sorry , while I 'm speaking I 'm I 'm left a little confused . |
| 26 | One thing I must ask you about just while I 'm thinking about it . |
| 27 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |
| 28 | Thought while I 'm thinking about it I 'll do it . |
| 29 | Run upstairs on your windowsill , in the corner , cos I 've seen it Stephen , go and get his number and while I 'm thinking about it , go on . |
| 30 | Yes , just , can we just , while I 'm thinking about this , try and think of positive things . |