Example sentences of "[vb past] when [pron] [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nests I found when I was clearing the garden , put the little eggs in and they 'd all gone cold . |
| 2 | Cos I said to young George , his son , I said he came when I was painting the sills and I says what do you do when it 's frosty when you start to work ? |
| 3 | One more ‘ accident ’ that happened when I was using the Brother cast-off linker . |
| 4 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 5 | Erm on this film I saw when they was getting the fingerprints they had this sort of like little cloth in a bag and they sort of |
| 6 | Tritsis 's career as a stormy petrel continued when he was given the education portfolio in 1987 — he was unshipped the next year by a protracted teachers ' strike . |
| 7 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
| 8 | I said when I was told the Echo had seconded me to a new day job , a comic career move . |
| 9 | ‘ Listen — you know how worried she sounded when she was interviewed the other day ? |