Example sentences of "[v-ing] when [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't lying when she told me about him and she lies awake at night crying for him . |
| 2 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 3 | I mean , no , I 'm not kidding when you drag them from where I am , down to the scales that 's fucking hard work mate ! |
| 4 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 5 | If only she could understand the excruciating pain her boys are suffering when she treats them like this , and realise that they will carry that pain for the rest of their lives . |
| 6 | Bridget had n't been exaggerating when she warned her of his lack of discretion . |
| 7 | Peter took the end of a candle from his pocket , and his hand was shaking when he lit it with a match . |
| 8 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |