Example sentences of "while i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Four years later , in 1962 , Brian Jackson ( who died while I was writing this book ) and Dennis Marsden added their persuasive voices to the growing chorus of those who were aware of the weaknesses rather than the strengths of the grammar school .
2 While I was doing that sentence my other case for running a brothel and living off immoral earnings came up .
3 While I was making some tea there was a tremendous crash .
4 But this morning , while I was driving that car through the village , the entire engine fell out on to the road !
5 While I was preparing this address ‘ The Scotsman ’ published a report on the work of Stephen Platt , a sociologist with the Medical Research Council in Edinburgh .
6 While I was preparing this paper the Times Educational Supplement of 5 August 1988 published a comment on the HMI report on secondary education .
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