Example sentences of "when [pron] went to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I went to the DHSS I vowed to make time for a serious investigation into company pensions . |
| 2 | When I went to the Centre , Dr. Alec Forbes had left , but his stamp lay everywhere . |
| 3 | You , Mr. Speaker , would not permit me to give a full answer to the right hon. Gentleman 's question , which reminds me of a minute that I sent out , when I went to the Home Office in 1987 , to the then permanent secretary . |
| 4 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 5 | I awoke next morning to a brilliant pearly light , but when I went to the window , no sea was visible . |
| 6 | When I went to the toilet , one would come and piss next to me to make me feel inadequate . |
| 7 | She had told neighbours : ‘ We were all watching television in a back bedroom when I went to the toilet . |
| 8 | When I went to the door with my lamp , I saw a man coming slowly upstairs . |
| 9 | Cos I er , I when I went to the door in our and Bunny and er , it was n't it was an elder gentleman says , ah ! |
| 10 | " Forgive me , " he said to Sir Edmund , " but when I went to the Commissioner , whom I know slightly , I understood that the police would be good enough to look into our problem . |
| 11 | well where was I ? , oh , must 've been when I went to the loo Have you had a drink Martin ? |
| 12 | Hence when I went to the Lords in 1965 I sat as a cross-bencher , although periodically , according to my attitude at the time , I was supporting one or other of the two parties and rarely took a cross-bench approach . |
| 13 | When I went to the United States in 1977 , I often ate what they called ‘ English Muffin' . |
| 14 | ‘ When I went to the Slade my sole intention was to become art master at some comfortable school . |
| 15 | They had an argument on the bus and Paul , I think was starting the fighting , I think er , Lynsey was holding back or something and when I went to the hospital today there was this girl , right |
| 16 | They had an argument on the bus and Paul , I think was starting the fighting , I think er , Lynsey was holding back or something and when I went to the hospital today there was this girl , right |
| 17 | When I went to the linesman he told me to clear off . |
| 18 | Members were so kind in their congratulations that they will want to know what happened when I went to the Palace on February 7th to receive the M.B.E . |
| 19 | Well of course when I went to the Isle of Man , see , I went on the boat and er , you see , and er it only cost me ninepence for a , a landing er for the landing stage . |
| 20 | Er I think I learnt that when I went to the meeting of the South East Croquet Federation earlier in the year . |
| 21 | All day long I felt calm and joy , and it was the same when I went to the town and talked to the serving people and friends that I met , for I looked at people from the universal viewpoint of the Eternal . |
| 22 | mm I 've caught , I might of caught it when I went to the dustbin |
| 23 | When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops . |
| 24 | Course I did ask once when I went to the family plannin for a smear . |
| 25 | Some children become institutionalised more quickly than others , and she still had a bit of fire left in her when I went to the orphanage for her . |
| 26 | ‘ When I went to the opticians to see if my eyesight was good enough for driving she said it was beyond all medical explanation , it had to be a miracle , ’ he said . |
| 27 | did I tell you whe , when I went to the opticians ? |
| 28 | When I went to the office of the Prefect of Police to apply for a permis de séjour , the police were not impressed by my verbal . |
| 29 | ‘ I saw him getting it out when I went to the car to get a book I 'd left there . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's what I forgot to get when I went to the market ! |