Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She once mended my watch when it went wrong — ’ Malcolm was old-fashioned and liked watches made about ninety years ago in Switzerland by little hunch-backed men . |
| 2 | I struggled on for a while , but I know my limitations when it comes to design , especially as we have grown to expect a high standard in QP . |
| 3 | I am a Word Processor Operator as well as a keen knitter and so I ‘ borrowed ’ a little high-tech knowledge from that field to solve my problem when it reared its ugly head during my introduction to the knitting machine . |
| 4 | I 'd wait and take my chance when it came . |
| 5 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 6 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 7 | I was packing my kit when it dawned on me that the squad session would be over before I got there and that I would be concerned mainly with being kitted out as a member of the World Cup squad ’ . |