Example sentences of "while i 'm [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nothing troubles me while I 'm with Chris , but sometimes at night I worry . ’ |
| 2 | Now , sweetie , get me a bit of newspaper from the box , and dump all the silver on it , and while I 'm at it , you might get the vase and candlestick from the sitting room , and I 'll do your trophy if you like . ’ |
| 3 | Oh while I 'm at it , might as well dish out the agendas as well since we 've already started . |
| 4 | Send it back immediately , or I 'll take it back for you — and punch his impertinent face in while I 'm at it ! ’ |
| 5 | What , so your at the uhum , place , while I 'm at doing . |
| 6 | And I suppose I better get er Carl 's birthday card while I 'm at it . |
| 7 | Yeah usually if there 's no stamp wanted I get one of lasses while I 'm at work , they 'll drop it off for me . |
| 8 | While I 'm at university . |
| 9 | Do you want me go hire a video camera while I 'm at it ? |
| 10 | While I 'm on the subject of secrecy , it is true to say that many politicians , sometimes justifiably , are paranoid about the subject . |
| 11 | And while I 'm on my way all our operatives in Germany hit the streets — with copies of Tweed 's photo , and Grey 's . |
| 12 | And I 'll tell you something else while I 'm on : if I were you I 'd go easy on the women . |
| 13 | While I 'm on the subject , whatever happened to the Randy Hansen interview which was promised quite a while ago but never appeared ? |
| 14 | ‘ I know I wo n't keep doing it at this rate but while I 'm on this streak I 'll take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll be able to go out a bit while I 'm on this early shift , ’ she said consolingly . |
| 16 | ‘ While I 'm on the line , what 's the latest on Frank Shildon 's spot of investigative journalism ? ’ |
| 17 | " I do n't seem to feel my age while I 'm on these little expeditions , or when I 'm drawing . " |
| 18 | ‘ But while I 'm on the subject — ’ |
| 19 | By the way Tom while I 'm on it erm I mislead you yesterday erm I look in my list I realized I |
| 20 | Could I just say before I start , I apologize in advance while I 'm on the air if there there are any inadvertent s coughs and little bit of a cold do n't want to deafen anybody while er the volume was up . |
| 21 | And , while I 'm on the subject of fighting off unwanted intruders , ’ he added , the hard planes of his face tightening as he gazed down at her , ‘ I 'm not prepared to allow that man Dunton to mess around with my wife any longer ! |
| 22 | While I 'm on a journey I 'm always looking for cones and sometimes I 'm fortunate enough to be held up at traffic works . |
| 23 | I fetch them all in , stick them on clothes horse , they 're all round fire while I 'm on lollipop and then nip to shop and when I come in within half an hour they were bone dry . |
| 24 | ‘ Put mine there too , ’ she said , ‘ and while I 'm about it , anyone who would like to join our Amateur Dramatics Group is very welcome . |
| 25 | ‘ Right , and I 'll take a shufti round the wood while I 'm about it . |
| 26 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 27 | What the hell , though , while I 'm about it — the whole truth . |
| 28 | I fetch myself another gin while I 'm up and pour a bit in Mum 's tea while I 'm about it . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've now arranged to fly out and spend the last two weeks of his working trip with him as a kind of nosing-around holiday while I 'm about it , but the first two weeks … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ How am I gon na work while I 'm like this , Tone ? |