Example sentences of "[adv] in [pron] [noun] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just about to put it away in my file when I see that there is something else pencilled upside down at the bottom . |
| 2 | ‘ Naturally , he was not in his chambers when I left your message . ’ |
| 3 | Dr Varmus said winning the Nobel Prize was not in his mind when he and Dr Bishop published their research . |
| 4 | It was his protector , his charm , you know , he touched it , turned it over in his pocket when he saw an omen . |
| 5 | It was just a bedsit she had early in our marriage when we parted for a while . |
| 6 | This was made very clear to me early in my fieldwork when I offended a neighbour by trying to make explicit return of food that had been given to my wife and me . |
| 7 | Mrs Stych had just got up and was still in her dressing-gown when she answered the telephone call from the Advent . |
| 8 | But if he could get the police to believe it was after … because that would mean it was still in her possession when she died … would n't it … ? |
| 9 | It blew up in my face when I opened it . |
| 10 | ‘ Clinton 's sex appeal shot up in my opinion when he became President . ’ |
| 11 | Whenever I wake up in his arms when we are together I feel surprised because he is so beautiful |
| 12 | During his period at Newcastle and later in his career when he briefly played for Grimsby Town , Gallacher was known to drink with fans in pubs near the ground , and on more than one occasion a search party had to be sent to get him in time for the kick-off . |
| 13 | Even later in his career when he was drawing master to the Queen , and published a book of nonsense , a travel book , a volume of landscape drawings and numerous natural history illustrations , Lear made a profit of only £100 . |
| 14 | Wulfhere was probably in his mid-teens when he became king three years after the battle of the Winwaed . |
| 15 | So it gives me a very good guide as to what 's going on in their minds when they are going through a process . |
| 16 | Our inclination is to say that language is not the primary thing , that we are analysing a phenomenon , and that what matters is the question , ‘ What sort of a process goes on in your mind when you know , remember , hope something ? ’ |
| 17 | What was really in your mind when you went to talk to Gene Holly ? |
| 18 | And as I say , there was always one I remember that sticks passively in my mind when she came over in one December five weekends on the trot ! |
| 19 | He mixed his hot rum and water , not with a spoon , but with a file , which he put back in his pocket when he had finished . |
| 20 | Do people tend to stand around in your kitchen when they are eating a snack or drinking the odd cup of coffee because there is no place to sit ? |
| 21 | Other profoundly moving gestures are to be found in MacMillan 's The Invitation and particularly in his Requiem when he evokes a child 's wonder of life in the solo , Pie Jesu ( see page 136 ) . |
| 22 | The sister was n't in her office when she went back , so she left it in the middle of the desk : ‘ Miss Carolyn Tanner , care of Clare ’ . |
| 23 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 'm your uncle ; I carried you about in my arms when you were a baby . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I remember earlier in my career when I rode Ile de Bourbon in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes I was almost taken off the mount because Lester was hovering around , ’ he told me . |
| 26 | STUART BARNES will have England and New Zealand firmly in his sights when he takes on world champions Australia at Twickenham today . |