Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I get to the road , with St James 's Park beyond , as fresh and green as an early summer salad , I stop and turn . |
| 2 | " When I get to the bend I 'll stamp . |
| 3 | When I get to the end I stop and have a look round . |
| 4 | Is there any signal when I get to the van ? ’ |
| 5 | When I get to the township , three women have already prepared the bread dough in a bucket . |
| 6 | I have to I h I when I get to the office , I 'll h I 'll h I 'll have a look a bit closer . |
| 7 | I shall not live it down when I get to the office . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll have a look at that when I get to the house . ’ |
| 9 | When I got to the part of your letter about masturbation , I went to my room and masturbated . |
| 10 | When I got to the part about my head she tut-tutted . |
| 11 | ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing … |
| 12 | But when I got to the window and looked out , there was nothing there ! |
| 13 | Michelle added : ‘ She looked a bit of a sight when I got to the station but she 's always trying on my clothes . |
| 14 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 15 | They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me . |
| 16 | So I hung around in the sun a couple of hours and when I got to the station there 's a car in the car-park with the old guy in the back , and he has friends . ’ |
| 17 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
| 18 | And when I got to the clinic everyone was in a mess because half the domestic staff had disappeared , walked out without a word . |
| 19 | ‘ I was furious when I got to the hotel that morning to find you 'd already left . |
| 20 | When I got to the airport I froze . |
| 21 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 22 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 23 | When I got to the house Ted was singing a pub song and he practically bundled me into a cupboard to discuss his favourite subject — Dad . |
| 24 | ‘ So where were you when I got to the house ? |
| 25 | When I got to the house , I found a far more relaxed atmosphere than at Holloway . |
| 26 | When I got to the classroom , I found there were only about six students in the class , and we chatted idly until the lecturer arrived . |
| 27 | Anyway , when I got to the cafe where we were supposed to meet there 's no sign of her ! |
| 28 | I collected what I needed , and when I got to the counter I found that she and her neighbours were discussing the train accident . |
| 29 | When I got to the spot , I groped beneath the water to try and find him and drag him up , but could feel nothing . |
| 30 | A five I do n't count , I only count the ends when I got to the point where I could n't go any further . |