Example sentences of "when [pron] be [art] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was nourished on stories like these ; William Wallace , slaying half a dozen English soldiers with his fishing rod ; Bruce , before Bannockburn , felling an English knight with one stroke from his slender battle-axe ; and when I was a boy I contracted a mortal dread of dying in bed . |
| 2 | When I was a boy I belonged to a small Christian sect that was my whole world . |
| 3 | ‘ When I was a boy I knew your part of the country very well , ’ he said . |
| 4 | When I was a child I believed my father when he said he would live to be a hundred . |
| 5 | " When I was a child I used to imagine the moor belonged to me , that I was a young prince or the heir to an estate or something . |
| 6 | Even when I was a child I was entranced by her . |
| 7 | When I was a child I could remember gatherings of two or three hundred people , but there were less than a hundred out on the dry grass . |
| 8 | When I was a child I once went round the house tearing all the stickers off ; I was belted and sent to my room for two days . |
| 9 | He said , ‘ When I was a kid I saw that film , and I wanked for days on end . |
| 10 | When I was a kid I loved the seashore for its mix of beautiful , subtle colours and strong smells . |
| 11 | When I was a kid I was in a house that got stuck . ’ |
| 12 | When I was a kid I used to practise stalking up the stairs . |
| 13 | I mean , when I , when I was a kid I got , erm , I was given an Australian doll baby , and which was funny cos it had an amazing sun tan and dark blue eyes and blonde hair , like typical Ozzie child . |
| 14 | ‘ When I was a girl I wanted to be an actress . |
| 15 | When I was a girl I discovered sex ! |
| 16 | When I was a doctor I never killed a single patient , which is more of a boast than you might imagine . |
| 17 | I mean and when I was a spooler I , I really enjoyed it because I had job satisfaction at the spooling , |
| 18 | Well , as you know , when I was a novice I used to do quite a lot of teaching , because the nuns were short-handed , and it was useful practice . |
| 19 | When I was a teenager I was in the middle of a techno revolution , listening to Japanese avant-garde , techno and new rave bands . |
| 20 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was a lad I would go down there with him . |
| 22 | When I was a lad I could have seventy for them , I sat on there and I licked it up , er , a good afternoon , I was just having a break by sands , I said when I was a lad I could have seventy ice creams |
| 23 | When I was a lad I could have seventy for them , I sat on there and I licked it up , er , a good afternoon , I was just having a break by sands , I said when I was a lad I could have seventy ice creams |
| 24 | When I was a shepherd I could easily tell , out of three hundred lambs born in a night , which lamb belonged to which mother . |
| 25 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 26 | ‘ When I was an accountant I knew when I was going to be busy well in advance . |
| 27 | WHEN I were a lad I had one great driving ambition in life . |
| 28 | When I 'm a home I feel best in pullovers and sweatpants or jeans . |
| 29 | More than when you were a kid I expect ! |
| 30 | That 's the idea cos when it 's the exam I ca n't come in and do it for you or show you how to do it . |