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1.996 câu có mẫu này. Một việc ngắn xảy ra giữa lúc việc khác đang diễn ra, hoặc hai việc diễn ra cùng lúc với while. Công thức: was hoặc were + V-ing + when + quá khứ đơn.
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Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (1.996 câu)
The many-hued light of dawn was breaking in the east, when at last they reached the creek beyond Gris Nez.
Từ trong câu: reach, light, creek, break, dawn, east, last, beyond
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
That big box in Miss Blake's room--" And on impulse I whispered: "Someone was climbing out her window a while ago.
Từ trong câu: climbing, big, box, miss, room, impulse, whisper, someone
Ray Cummings, Space-Liner X-87 · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
The term 'sovereign' having acquired this definite meaning, Rousseau was misleading his readers when he ascribed sovereignty to the general will.
Từ trong câu: misleading, term, acquire, definite, mean, mislead, reader, general
Thomas Hill Green, Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation Reprinted from Green's Philosophical Works, vol. II., with Preface by Bernard Bosanquet · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I was still writing it when Michael Clones came up the drive to tell me you and your mother were here.
Từ trong câu: clone, still, write, come, up, drive, tell, mother
Gilbert Parker, No Defense, Complete · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
We could have pardoned a half-century of decadent workmanship, while a method suited to the new ideas was being evolved.
Từ trong câu: pardon, evolve, half, century, method, suit, new, idea
Ernest Henry Short, A History of Sculpture · Tiếng Anh · PD-US
She reached a little streamlet, and was passing forward, when she became aware of the presence of another in the scene.
Từ trong câu: reach, aware, scene, little, pass, forward, become, presence
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
At the last moment, while the driver was cranking the motor, Monty reached backward with a small package in his hand.
Từ trong câu: backward, package, last, moment, driver, motor, reach, small
B. M. Bower, The voice at Johnnywater · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Life gradually assumed its ordinary, monotonous round; but every day was bringing nearer the day when everything was to be changed.
Từ trong câu: monotonous, life, gradually, assume, ordinary, round, every, day
Rosalind Amelia Young, Mutiny of the Bounty and story of Pitcairn Island, 1790-1894 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
“And did it float about in the water while the young fish was growing, or was it laid on the beach?”
Từ trong câu: float, water, young, fish, grow, lay, beach
Anonymous, Shells and pebbles: A story for children · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
They were getting hungry again; in fact, they had been that way for a long while and their thirst was acute.
Từ trong câu: thirst, acute, hungry, get, again, fact, way, long
Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Westy Martin on the Santa Fe Trail · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Devil had his company in his house, had a woman also locked up while Jack, his servant, was heating the oven.
Từ trong câu: oven, lock, heating, devil, company, house, woman, up
Martha Warren Beckwith, Jamaica Anansi stories · Tiếng Anh · PD-US
“I says, at first, ‘This is illusion’; and was composing myself off to sleep, when I heerd the noise again, distinct.”
Từ trong câu: distinct, illusion, first, compose, myself, off, sleep, noise
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Birds twittering in the poplars and willows by the river wakened Rock when the rose-pink dawn was turning to gold.
Từ trong câu: dawn, pink, turning, bird, river, rock, rise, turn
Bertrand W. Sinclair, Out of the blue · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
On the succeeding day, while he was observing the man laying up the hay, he had a still more severe attack.
Từ trong câu: severe, hay, succeed, day, observe, man, lay, up
John Ferriar, An essay towards a theory of apparitions · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
One morning I was sitting at my solitary breakfast, when at last a long letter from Sergy was brought to me.
Từ trong câu: solitary, breakfast, morning, sit, last, long, letter, bring
Varvara Dukhovskaia, The diary of a Russian lady · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
When she woke she was in her own little room, the stars were shining and Belle was standing beside the bed.
Từ trong câu: shine, wake, little, room, star, stand, beside, bed
Adriana Spadoni, The noise of the world · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While he was completing his financial arrangements for passage, Grunya disappeared below to inform her father of Hall’s presence aboard ship.
Từ trong câu: disappear, passage, aboard, arrangement, complete, financial, below, inform
Jack London, The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
We were just talking over our plans for the day at breakfast when Emma came in with a telegram for father.
Từ trong câu: telegram, breakfast, talk, plan, day, come, father
Amy Le Feuvre, "Us, and our donkey" · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
My aunt was walking up and down the room when I returned, crimping the borders of her nightcap with her fingers.
Từ trong câu: border, walking, aunt, walk, up, down, room, return
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
“Yes yes” he would say, in the Cape Cod fashion, and always, when a customer was leaving the shop: “Come again.”
Từ trong câu: shop, customer, fashion, cod, yes, always, leave, come
John Hay, Nature's year · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Streets and roads were undergoing extensive improvement in and around the city, while villas were being erected on the surrounding heights.
Từ trong câu: extensive, villa, height, surrounding, undergo, surround, improvement, street
Patrick Shirreff, A tour through North America · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Old Railroad Ross was giving Randy some instructions about the work, when they heard a lone horseman coming up the trail.
Từ trong câu: trail, railroad, old, give, instruction, work, hear, come
J. E. Grinstead, The saga of Silver Bend · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When their conversation on this subject was concluded, Mr. Pitt asked him if he was still cultivating his hobby of criminology.
Từ trong câu: hobby, conversation, subject, conclude, mr, ask, still, cultivate
William Le Queux, The rat trap · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When we entered the church, the long, dusty sunbeams were falling aslantwise through the dome and through the chancel behind it. . . . .
Từ trong câu: sunbeam, enter, church, long, dusty, fall, behind
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
I was just preparing for an excuse for going away when the ladies burst into the drawing-room, accompanied by Guido.
Từ trong câu: burst, excuse, accompany, drawing, prepare, go, away, lady
Italo Svevo, Confessions of Zeno · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
While he was thinking only how he should account for the five hundred dollar bill, he forgot all about the remittance.
Từ trong câu: remittance, think, account, five, hundred, dollar, bill, forget
Oliver Optic, Ocean-Born · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Poor girl, her jaws had had a wearisome rest now for a while, and I was expecting to get the consequences.
Từ trong câu: wearisome, poor, girl, rest, now, expect, get, consequence
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
With an absent air, she was investigating that button on her husband’s coat, when Pa came in to spend the evening.
Từ trong câu: button, spend, investigate, absent, air, coat, pa, come
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
While the boat was speeding along, this point upon which our attention was chiefly fixed, became more cognizable with every minute.
Từ trong câu: speed, boat, point, attention, fix, become, every, minute
Johanna Sara Wisthaler, By Water to the Columbian Exposition · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
The writer gave it with regret, and felt that he was playing almost a cynical part when he uttered the words.
Từ trong câu: cynical, writer, give, regret, feel, play, almost, part
John H. Humphreys, Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US