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2.020 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 (2.020 câu)
In fact, the evening before, a fever had seized him in the midst of the Parliament, while he was holding his Bed of Justice.
Từ trong câu: parliament, fact, evening, fever, midst, hold, bed, justice
Alexandre Dumas, The three musketeers · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While she was eating, the wagon arrived with Willie's older brother, Charley, who had been to the far-off mill with the hired man.
Từ trong câu: hire, mill, wagon, eat, arrive, old, brother, far
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
So I put my arm over the back of the seat carelessly, and when nobody was looking I picked them up and pocketed them.
Từ trong câu: carelessly, put, arm, back, seat, nobody, look, pick
Various, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 · Tiếng Anh · PD-US
The slave, while the Thompsons were coming, concealed himself in a horse-stall in the barn and hid a large knife in the manger.
Từ trong câu: stall, barn, slave, come, conceal, himself, horse, hide
United States. Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume V, Indiana Narratives · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
A man in white clothes, who could only be the surviving half-breed, was running as one does run when Death is the pacemaker.
Từ trong câu: run, survive, clothes, death, running, does, man, white
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
These crawling things had fascinated my attention, and I was watching them from a distance, when Miss Havisham laid a hand upon my shoulder.
Từ trong câu: fascinate, fascinated, distance, thing, attention, watch, miss, lay
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
They had reached the top and were descending again when Lucetta, now much recovered, recollected that she had dropped her muff in the barn.
Từ trong câu: barn, reach, top, again, now, much, recover, drop
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
On the third day, while he was still lamenting his imprudent concession, the Bishop sent for him, but he refused to answer the call.
Từ trong câu: lament, third, day, still, concession, bishop, send, refuse
Maurice H., 1859-1930 [Editor] Harris, Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While Heidi was pausing to consider what this might be there approached from above a whistling, calling, and other sounds which Heidi immediately recognised.
Từ trong câu: consider, pause, approach, above, call, sound, immediately, recognize
Johanna Spyri, Heidi · Bản dịch tiếng Anh · PD-US
The sky was darkening fast with what appeared to be an approaching thunder shower when Pollyanna hurried down the hill from John Pendleton's house.
Từ trong câu: hill, sky, approach, shower, fast, thunder, down, from
Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
She was not in the mood to face anything more than she was facing in her room, while Miss Amelia was weeping in bed.
Từ trong câu: mood, face, anything, room, miss, bed
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
And when she saw that the pupils had been listening and that Lavinia and Jessie were giggling behind their French grammars, she felt infuriated.
Từ trong câu: grammar, saw, pupil, listen, behind, feel
Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While the people was guarding itself thus stringently against the Grandi, a separate body was created for the special purpose of extirpating the Ghibellines.
Từ trong câu: stringently, people, guard, itself, thus, separate, body, create
John Addington Symonds, Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
"I looked after that when I was trading; and I guess it's about as healthy on the Back Bay as it is here, anyway.
Từ trong câu: healthy, look, trade, guess, back, bay, anyway
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
Lapham had recognised the voice, and he was standing, in considerable perplexity, to receive Corey, when the young man opened his painted glass door.
Từ trong câu: glass, considerable, recognize, voice, stand, receive, young, man
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
While these storms were agitating the upper air, and the thunderous echoes reverberated through the mountains, the work on the plain went rapidly forward.
Từ trong câu: thunderous, echo, reverberate, storm, upper, air, mountain, work
John Clark, 1840-1900 [Editor] Ridpath, Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World · Tiếng Anh · PD-US
"Why, the bear, your Reverence,--the bear, Holy Father, who attacked your worshipful person while you were meditating on the top of yonder mountain."
Từ trong câu: reverence, meditate, bear, holy, father, attack, person, top
Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While the chambermaid was at her work, a solitary lady, loitering about the corridor of the second storey, was watching her over the bannisters.
Từ trong câu: solitary, work, lady, corridor, second, story, watch
Wilkie Collins, The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
His tunic had been cleaned with petrol and was hanging in a room to dry when the general, wearing pyjamas, entered smoking a cigarette.
Từ trong câu: pyjamas, clean, petrol, hang, room, dry, general, wear
Unknown, Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
When the heart was striving to restore the balance of the circulation, by adopting the recumbent posture, we gave it less work to do.
Từ trong câu: recumbent, heart, strive, restore, balance, circulation, adopt, posture
Various, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428 Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852 · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
And she looked straight at Valentin de Bellegarde, who was looking at her as a gentleman may when a “verdict” is expected of him.
Từ trong câu: verdict, look, straight, gentleman, expect
Henry James, The American · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When he awoke, the morning was advanced and the sun was filling his window, and he heard, outside of it, the clucking of hens.
Từ trong câu: filling, morning, advance, sun, fill, window, hear, outside
Henry James, The American · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
It was almost quite dark, the girls were getting tired, and as Bobbie said, it was past bedtime, when suddenly Phyllis cried, “What's that?”
Từ trong câu: past, almost, quite, dark, girl, get, tire, suddenly
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
I was just getting cigarettes for an up-going train of field-kitchens and guns out of your parcel when it began to move.
Từ trong câu: cigarette, parcel, get, up, go, train, field, kitchen
Anonymous, Diary of a nursing sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 · Tiếng Anh · en-GB · PD-US
This duel, ineffectual on both sides, kept up for a while, and all the time, man and herd were jogging rapidly to the north.
Từ trong câu: jogging, jog, duel, side, keep, up, time, man
Zane Grey, The Last of the Plainsmen · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
A great uproar was raised, but he was unsuspected; while Dub, an awkward blunderer who was always getting caught, was punished for Buck’s misdeed.
Từ trong câu: unsuspected, awkward, raise, great, always, get, catch, punish
Jack London, The call of the wild · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · PD-US
The dish towels would freeze too, as they hung on the line in the kitchen over the stove, while the stove was going, too.
Từ trong câu: towel, dish, freeze, hang, line, kitchen, stove, go
Lucy Leavenworth Wilder, 1865-1935 [Editor] Morris, Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
While we were fighting the Bolsheviki in Archangel, the National Geographic Society, in a bulletin, published to our people certain facts about the country.
Từ trong câu: geographic, fight, national, society, bulletin, publish, people, certain
Joel R. Moore, The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 · Tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
He was traveling deluxe category which entitled him to a Zil complete with chauffeur and an interpreter-guide when he had need of one.
Từ trong câu: deluxe, travel, category, entitle, complete, interpreter, guide, need
Mack Reynolds, Revolution · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US
When I found the invoices were missing, I spoke to him about them, and in about two weeks he brought them from his rooms."
Từ trong câu: invoice, find, miss, speak, week, bring, room
Oliver Optic, Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk · Nguyên văn tiếng Anh · en-US · PD-US