Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irina is right to say that when I lived on my own I was a lonely man . |
| 2 | When I started on my mental journey ; the way seemed to be dark and impossible , yet I slowly found my way ; and so can everyone else . |
| 3 | Well er when I er , when I er , I could n't remember much what it was now , but whatever the union fee was , when I started on me own to be er satisfied of cos of circumstances I might need money , you know , I thought it would say the union fee was a shilling , I had to pay one and six half as much as whatever it was and I did do . |
| 4 | ‘ When I work on my own it 's more like painting , because I 've got a canvas there and it 's an intuitive thing . |
| 5 | its , it 's , it 's the same Saturdays and Sundays , I ca n't get him out of the house and yet soon as we get there we have friends and family and they say , keep saying come on , come up and see us , I went up in the mini on me own one day and spent a couple of days with her , but , it , it ai n't the same when you go on your own , I dare n't go too far in my mini because it 's , it 's erm , it 's not a car that you can be hundred per cent sure of it , I mean as soon as it rains it stops anyway , we went out in it today and there 's all water in the front of the , in the front , but |
| 6 | They will be correct when they explain the advantages of new fabrics , they will also be correct to laugh when you explain what you already use , and you will be bewitched when you try on something fantastic , comfortable and attractive that they slip surreptitiously from a hanger while they talk . |
| 7 | That 's what Julie and I were saying that when you live on your own you get a bit like that . |
| 8 | This was meant to be the moment of her greatest satisfaction , when she unleashed on him all the bitterness and resentment that she had carried inside her over the years . |
| 9 | She had ever been curious about Benedict 's background , and now more so than ever , when everything hinged on his moral claim to Merchiston Lodge . |
| 10 | When it settles on summat dark . |
| 11 | It made a brave picture , for he was a fine figure in the saddle , tall and erect and well-made , and looked younger and more athletic than when he went on his own two feet . |
| 12 | Nigel always worked best when he drew on his own life . |
| 13 | THE children of St Albans , Macclesfield gave Bishop Gray a great greeting when he arrived on his pastoral visit . |
| 14 | The Titfords were a little different — Charles Frederick had decided to use his share of father 's estate to set up a modest retail business , one which his mother and sister could contribute towards when he was in London himself , and one which they could perhaps handle efficiently without him when he departed on his sporadic travels around the world . |