Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [verb] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | West Ham look a good outfit , they pass the ball around well in the midfield but are crap when they get it in the box . |
| 2 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 3 | An average rate is probably somewhere in the order of ten to fifteen millimetres per hundred years , which probably does n't seem very fast when you say it in terms of a hundred years , but when you think in terms of the length of time that landscapes have been involving , then erm you 've got to multiply it by centuries and indeed millions of years , and erm you can see that quite erm dramatic changes can occur . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm only happy when I see you in the theatre , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Everybody was impressed , it was a glorious day like this you know so the Clyde looks so beautiful when you see it in the , in , in a , in weather like this you know . |
| 6 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 7 | Ettedgui , who had supported Hamnett by selling her first clothes in his shops , was upset when she abandoned him in favour of Bertelsen , an oil-rich entrepreneur who arrived in London offering designer deals and retail arrangements in 1986 . |
| 8 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , but you do n't think of that when you see them in bud , ’ Ianthe protested . |
| 10 | And had she not felt elated when he praised her in that soft , beguiling voice ? |
| 11 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |