Example sentences of "when [pers pn] found [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 2 | There was nothing in his wallet when I found him . ’ |
| 3 | AFTER months of enduring the relentless taunts of Robin Cook , my Somerset neighbour William Waldegrave was in remarkably equable mood when I found him washing his car on Friday morning . |
| 4 | ‘ When I found him , ’ said Charlotte , ‘ he was lying right across the path . ’ |
| 5 | When I found him his body was sprawled over the stool . ’ |
| 6 | After that I searched high and low for a new teacher , and when I found one I had to start from scratch . |
| 7 | Spaces had to be left for some animals to be added as and when I found them . |
| 8 | I was beginning to think that I would be going home fishless when I found myself singing , ‘ He shall feed his flock ’ ; and fell to musing upon how well I would be able to feed five , let alone five thousand , given the reluctance of the fish to show even a snout above the surface . |
| 9 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 10 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 11 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 12 | So when I found our old one dying , |
| 13 | Erm , and another form over here for a horse erm and then when I found my true self erm , here I am , Socrates , and I 'm trying to withdraw from my erm what erm called the empirical self . |
| 14 | I practiced my trade , I simplified my life , I was on my way to becoming the " Compleat Airman " , I also felt that I should get an overseas tour out of the way , and was quite pleased when I found my name on the PWR+ ; I then awaited eagerly to learn where . |
| 15 | ‘ When I found my brother dead , ’ he continued , ‘ my heaven fell to earth . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was disappointed when I found you did n't either . |
| 17 | The shock I got when I found you out again will be nothing to their reaction . |
| 18 | ‘ Because when I found you I took this from around your throat . ’ |
| 19 | But when I found you 'd run away from me again , it nearly sent me crazy . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You were alone when I found you . ’ |
| 21 | Moaning , the creature rose , saying impulsively , ‘ When I found you just now , I feared you were killed also , Master . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I got a bit worried when I found you 'd been sending your subordinates out to buy crucifixes . ’ |
| 23 | He merely nodded , however , as if he as a doctor fully appreciated the difficulties and while Rachel was searching for what to say next he said , ‘ I could n't believe it when I found you working here . ’ |
| 24 | When I found you all my energies were directed towards mending , healing , reviving . |
| 25 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 26 | ‘ I wondered what exactly was going on when I found I could n't get into my own garage because of a great red car parked in the way . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was heartbroken when I found I had MS : it seemed the end of all my hopes and dreams , of my career and possibly of marrying and having children . ’ |
| 28 | When I found it , there was an argument and we went for each other . ’ |
| 29 | I really did feel like a Queen for a moment , well , even longer when I found it was not a flash in the pan , but that they were really going to stay with us . |
| 30 | I was very worried when I found it was quads , because I assumed that there would just be more complications and we 'd end up with nothing again . |