Example sentences of "when i [adj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The things we discussed when I first brought you to the palazzo . ’ |
| 2 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 3 | ‘ When I first saw him in the orphanage , he had a swollen head and a tiny little starved body with a pot belly . |
| 4 | " When I first saw you at the governor 's reception I thought you seemed … unhappy . " |
| 5 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 6 | When I first knew them in those early London days , I 'd often find the Second Son picking out some phrase on the piano in our living room . |
| 7 | ‘ So was Bridget when I first told her about it . |
| 8 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 9 | When I first took him to toddler group I must admit to feeling slightly uncomfortable about being ( usually ) the only man around . |
| 10 | ‘ When I first held him in my arms I cried and cried . |
| 11 | In America , Mario knew nothing but success and when I last saw him with Karl Haas at the Meadowlands , a world away from FI , he was still a happy man , still at ease with himself and without regrets . |
| 12 | Dear Willis — As I am informed by those who ought to know that you have " taken the ground " somewhere near London River , I expect you can tell me the whereabouts of the dear old Fortuna , built 1892 , rigged when I last saw her in 1920 as a square foresail brigantine . |
| 13 | When I last met them in September , I asked them to consider urgently three specific point : first , the introduction of visible vehicle identification numbers ; secondly , the fitting of deadlocking across all their vehicle ranges ; and , most important , the development of an effective vehicle immobilising device that would make it impossible to move a car even if it had been broken into . |
| 14 | My impression is that the cocoa from Traidcraft is very much the same price , as when I last bought it from the supermarket when you first started stocking |