Example sentences of "when [pron] be a [noun] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh it worked all right , there was very little manure used when I was a boy you used ware . |
| 2 | Ian Cameron , the party 's candidate in Hartlepool , said : ‘ When I was a child you could leave your back door open all night but you ca n't now . |
| 3 | I can , could apart from , from that , this operation I never had any illnesses , not when I was a kid you know , not until later on . |
| 4 | national vocation I I really think that it 's worse because they 've not , whereas when I was a trainee you had your six weeks on produce , your six weeks on whatever in the branch of that now and they did n't have that , they have n't got any training plan , so they 've got nothing to say well career , branch branch need here and I need to be here and I need to be here . |
| 5 | For when I was hungry , you gave me food ; when thirsty , you gave me drink ; when I was a stranger you took me into your home , when naked you clothed me ; when I was ill you came to my help , when in prison you visited me . ’ |
| 6 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 7 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 8 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
| 9 | I became very much more conscious of people , because when you 're a scientist you 're dealing with inanimate matter , unless you 're a biologist . |
| 10 | And when you 're a student you use what is cheap and available . |
| 11 | I ca n't , ca n't really remember that , not too clear cos when you are a child you do n't memorize these things . |
| 12 | When there 's a producer you get into those inevitable conflicts of how much a sequence costs and who should be in the picture — and I do n't want that noise . ’ |