Example sentences of "but when [pron] [vb past] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when they took me they also took my bicycle , and I ca n't live without it . |
| 2 | But when they arrived what they got was far from a welcome home . |
| 3 | The person on the SIS switchboard was , I am sure , Liz of old , but when I announced who I was there was no acknowledgement of recognition on her part . |
| 4 | I was told stories about him and I know that he was pretty much a hellraiser , but when I knew him he was just a really nice guy . |
| 5 | That evening Clive could only grin and bear it , but when I told him I would n't be able to do the second summer course he was distinctly cool . |
| 6 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 7 | All right , my silence was a mistake , ’ she said hastily , when he frowned , ‘ but when I told you you might not have accepted that Thomas is yours . ’ |
| 8 | We had n't actually heard anything about this library experience but when I asked him he would n't say anything . |
| 9 | ‘ But when I saw them I could n't believe how clean they were — and they 'd recovered all the pieces . |
| 10 | They trusted me enough to allow me into their ranks , but when I saw what they were planning I knew that the only answer was to destroy them , expose them . |
| 11 | I had n't known him when he had left for Britain , but when I saw him I somehow knew that he was my father . |
| 12 | But when I played it I thought that in some of the climaxes the original twenty-three strings were too few to make a full effect . |
| 13 | I was feeling pretty angry with her as I stomped across that big field , but when I reached her my heart just melted . |
| 14 | So , but when I tried it it |
| 15 | After trailing her for over two hours Poppy flopped down , but when I approached her she just got up and dived off through a hole in the fence . |
| 16 | But when you said what you did about the night we 'd spent together … ’ |
| 17 | His hand could only have been on her for a matter of seconds , if that , but when he released her she felt as though her skin had been scorched |
| 18 | The response from the crowd was fantastic , but when he introduced me I was hardly conscious of their cheers . |
| 19 | Mostly he listened ; not that Mick talked a lot , but when he did everything he said seemed to have meaning . |
| 20 | but when he did it I said oh my god you know I said yeah , but you know it 's there |
| 21 | James Spencer QC , prosecuting , alleged Mr Nichol approached Mrs Chandler in a field but when she ignored him he pulled her down the bank , sexually assaulted her and hit her on the head with a rock or rocks . |
| 22 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 23 | But when she saw what he was taking out of the inside pocket of the overcoat , she felt faint with fright . |
| 24 | He squatted to take his sister by the shoulder and rouse her ; she was groggy , she could barely lift her eyelids to look at him , but when she saw who it was , she wrapped her arms around him , and pressed her head to his chest . |
| 25 | She could see fires occasionally , but when she approached them she found men strapped to stakes , burning . |