Việc xen vào việc đang diễn ra trong câu thật
2.007 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.
Nhãn do quy tắc chữ gán tự động và ưu tiên độ chính xác hơn độ phủ, nên nhiều câu đúng mẫu vẫn chưa được gán nhãn.
Danh sách câu dẫn chứng (2.007 câu)
For while people were having their money called for, they were mutinous and violent; but, having paid it, they held their peace.
Từ trong câu: mutinous, people, money, call, violent, paid, hold, peace
46-120? Plutarch, Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
She was suffering the extreme of despair--passing through that stage when all faith even in Heaven is for the time lost.
Từ trong câu: despair, suffer, extreme, pass, stage, faith, even, heaven
J. E. Muddock, The Great White Hand; Or, the Tiger of Cawnpore: A story of the Indian Mutiny · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
'Please, ma'am--what am I to call you?' he was going to say; but when he turned to speak, he saw nobody.
Từ trong câu: please, ma'am, call, go, turn, speak, saw, nobody
George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He walked to the window, saw nothing, came back, and was chalking his cue when he heard more shots and people shouting.
Từ trong câu: cue, walk, window, saw, nothing, come, back, hear
Francis Russell, Tragedy in Dedham · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Koku, when he was not using his great strength to advantage at the works, employed himself about the Swift house and grounds.
Từ trong câu: advantage, grounds, swift, use, great, strength, work, employ
Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his chest of secrets · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
She was bouncing away, when a cry from the two women, who had turned towards the bed, caused her to look round.
Từ trong câu: bed, cause, toward, towards, away, cry, woman, turn
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
“I beg your pardon, ma’am,” interposed Mr. Giles; “but I was going to tell you about him when Doctor Losberne came in.”
Từ trong câu: beg, pardon, ma'am, mr, go, tell, doctor, come
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He was lying on his back gazing idly up into the tree while the spotty cow trailed her rope through the weeds.
Từ trong câu: cow, rope, trail, weed, lie, back, gaze, up
Anna Milo Upjohn, Friends in strange garments · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
I observed that he did the same thing while I was getting out the remains of the pigeon-pie, and so forth.
Từ trong câu: remains, observe, thing, get, out, remain, pigeon, pie
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
She knew she was acting like a baby herself--whimpering, crying out when the pain grew severe, making an idiot of herself.
Từ trong câu: severe, baby, cry, idiot, grow, know, act, like
Sam, Jr. Merwin, Snowstorm on Mars · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Such a furor as she created when she told those children that they were going back to live in the Shoe again.
Từ trong câu: furor, create, tell, child, go, back, live, shoe
Sarah Addington, Round the year in Pudding Lane · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
Barbicane, pencil in hand, was tracing geometrical figures in a memorandum book, while his unloaded rifle lay beside him on the ground.
Từ trong câu: book, memorandum, pencil, unload, trace, beside, hand, figure
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He was seeking to combine together the facts observed up to that time, when a new incident recalled him briskly to reality.
Từ trong câu: recall, reality, combine, seek, together, fact, observe, up
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the moon; and, round the moon · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
‘There’s where she sits, you see,’ said Eugene, when they were standing under the bank, roared and riven at by the wind.
Từ trong câu: bank, sit, see, stand, wind
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
He was making some disorderly preparations for coffee, when Bradley came from the window and put on his outer coat and hat.
Từ trong câu: disorderly, preparation, coffee, make, come, window, put, outer
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Also, he was learning to drive dogs and to train dogs; while the puppies themselves were being broken in to the harness.
Từ trong câu: train, learning, learn, drive, dog, themselves, break, harness
Jack London, White Fang · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
"Sir Marcus was worrying about you," I said, when the importance of unpacking left the deck empty save for Anthony and me.
Từ trong câu: unpack, sir, worry, importance, leave, deck, empty, save
C. N. Williamson, It Happened in Egypt · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
When you picked up a telephone, you were not absorbing the cold output of a machine--you were speaking to another human being.
Từ trong câu: output, pick, up, telephone, absorb, cold, machine, speak
Bruce Sterling, The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier · Tiếng Anh · en-US · Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.
By the date here, I was seven months old when this was done, and she was nursing me and her little nigger cub.
Từ trong câu: nurse, date, seven, month, old, little
Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While Maud was passing me the provisions and I was storing them in the boat, a sailor came on deck from the forecastle.
Từ trong câu: provisions, provision, pass, store, boat, sailor, come, deck
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
He had traversed the greater part of this depression, and was climbing the western acclivity when, pausing for breath, he unconsciously looked back.
Từ trong câu: breath, climb, western, climbing, depression, great, part, pause
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
The Angel fell fast asleep long before they had finished, and lay deeply unconscious, while the fight for Freckles' life was being waged.
Từ trong câu: wage, asleep, fast, deeply, unconscious, angel, fall, long
Gene Stratton-Porter, Freckles · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He fell into a rapid pace, for he had lost time that morning; when he rounded the last curve he was almost running.
Từ trong câu: pace, rapid, fall, lose, time, morning, round, last
Gene Stratton-Porter, Freckles · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When the moon was not shining, he had known them to kindle fires among the trash or dry cane leaves to work by.
Từ trong câu: trash, moon, shine, know, fire, among, dry, cane
American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
It was growing stronger but—because of the rare peaceful hours when his thoughts were changed—his soul was slowly growing stronger, too.
Từ trong câu: soul, rare, peaceful, grow, strong, because, hour, think
Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While I was giving a most conversational reply, a dashing officer ran up and told me the password to the night telegraph room.
Từ trong câu: password, give, reply, dash, officer, run, up, tell
Ruth Russell, What's the Matter with Ireland? · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While he was closing the little horn door a figure rose from behind a neighbouring bush and came forward into the lantern light.
Từ trong câu: horn, neighbouring, bush, close, little, door, figure, rise
Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
When she came to the covered car the horse, though fresh from the stable, was standing perfectly still, as if conscious of misfortune.
Từ trong câu: horse, stable, cover, conscious, fresh, perfectly, car, come
Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Rich, juicy, lively, fragrant, russet-skinned old Chaucer was an Easter-Beurré; the buds of a new summer were swelling when he ripened.
Từ trong câu: juicy, rich, lively, skin, old, bud, new, summer
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When we got back, it was after moonrise: a pony, which we knew to be the surgeon’s, was standing at the garden door.
Từ trong câu: garden, standing, get, back, know, stand, door
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US