Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] when i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were here when I left , and then when I was passing I looked up and saw that your desk light was still on . |
| 2 | We were here when I woke up , ’ she explained , watching him raise his head to search the area . |
| 3 | They were here when I arrived , and they 'd caught one of those chaps taking pictures through the kitchen window . |
| 4 | So , I can understand what 's going on , but it 's like when I saw it , I saw the R S C production , |
| 5 | It was here when I came , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 6 | It was here when I went out , I left it here . |
| 7 | Well it was there when I came I do n't know where it Yes . |
| 8 | ‘ It was there when I moved in . |
| 9 | But it was only when I punched through the thick , creamy crest and the rainbow mist cleared from my eyes that I finally gave up all hope . |
| 10 | On the handshake it was only when I got notified that I 'd been awarded the gold badge , I realized I never got my hand back that day . |
| 11 | Mm I mean he looked at me like I was a bit silly and it was only when I got it and looked he 'd got after Christmas written |
| 12 | Oh , we 'd felt like this for years but we would n't acknowledge it , and then we started meeting casually and standing talking for ages , but it was only when I met him and he was so upset about the baby and — and other things . |
| 13 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 14 | I 'd read about this technique in my books , but it was only when I did the course that I realised that , although it would work for sparrowhawks and most other hunting birds , Dawn 's hunting did not depend on speed . |
| 15 | He was upstairs when I came in tonight . |
| 16 | And Morgan J well he was the headmaster when I went to school first and he was there when I left and he retired and he was still here You know going about . |
| 17 | I wonder if he was there when I blundered in upon Ephraim 's body in my wanderings ? |
| 18 | He was there when I went across the yard yesterday . |
| 19 | ‘ I think he was there when I saw Werner . |
| 20 | He was there when I got there and erm |
| 21 | He was there when I closed the school for the Christmas holidays . |