Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [be] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And when I was up in the tree , ’ she added , gazing up at him , ‘ I saw a thief climb into the Botanical Gardens and dig up a lot of bulbs and put them in a big case and go off with them ! ’ |
| 2 | I was listening to the radio when I was out in the car this morning and it 's coming down |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm a firm believer in breastfeeding and intend to feed Jake until he 's at least a year old but he has a bottle of formula milk when I 'm out in the evening and drinks from a spouted cup at mealtimes — usually pure juice because there 's no added sugar . ’ |
| 4 | Cos I was going out in the fresh air , I 'm alright when I 'm out in the fresh air . |
| 5 | But stealing the tools of your trade when you are out in the middle of the night is macabre . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd recommend walking to anyone , when you are out in the countryside you forget all about work and the bills coming through the post all the stress of everyday life disappears . |
| 7 | When you are back in the main square of the Malá Strana , imagine it encircled with medieval houses set above arcades . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll say you were in a temper , and it had n't changed any when you were back in the office . |
| 9 | But , when she was down in the country , I had a BSkyB dish installed in London and it took her 24 hours to find it . |
| 10 | We all head off into the bloody storm , and then this whole horror comic gets sorted out when we 're back in the real world . |
| 11 | The children talk about you all the time : when we are down in the shelter , which we still are , often , they keep saying they wish Uncle Walter was here , to make it entertaining . |
| 12 | I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky . |
| 13 | She talked almost all the way down through the forest : and then , when we were out in the open she started again , ‘ Do you see those trees over there ? ’ |
| 14 | And when we were down in the kitchen the partition between the butt and the bairn as they called it was going like that inside of the house in the gale . |
| 15 | You know the bit when they 're out in the garden and he goes , he goes , why are you back ? |
| 16 | ‘ Get in touch with Hearne , ’ he told Sister Cooney , when they were back in the office . |
| 17 | When they were back in the office again , Sister Cooney drew the matter down . |
| 18 | ‘ You have a lot of Asians and Caribbeans working in the foundry , but not so many in the other part , ’ Robyn observed , when they were back in the peaceful calm and comparative luxury of Wilcox 's office . |
| 19 | ‘ The sort of people John Smith was winding up at the Trade Union Conference about a return to a Golden Age , when they were back in the driving seat and great rights for their members , and a friendly government again — some of those people are beginning to make noises . |
| 20 | ‘ You have beautiful children , ’ he said when they were out in the cold . |
| 21 | We actively encourage them to take on tasks out with the role of resident to give them some leaning to their life , to give them some creativeness to actively tap some of the skills they have had as a housewife or when they were out in the community . |
| 22 | happier when it was back in the old feet and inches . |
| 23 | ‘ They say he 's one sort of person when he 's out in the open among people — he can be very sweet — but that he 's a different sort of person altogether behind the walls of his own house . ’ |
| 24 | He strode past the lines of guards and attendants , nodded to the pair of officers who lounged at their ease in the shadow of the enormous length of midnight-blue fabric which hung suspended from the ceiling in lieu of a screen , and slackened his pace only when he was out in the long gallery which ran supported around the entire upper floor . |
| 25 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 26 | The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country . |