Example sentences of "when we [verb] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had not been gone long when we sighted Gavin coming towards us . |
| 2 | From a pedagogic point of view , the possibility of culture specificity should alert us to the fact that when we teach terms referring to discourse type and use them in discourse processing and production , we should not take for granted that each term has an exact translation equivalent . |
| 3 | During one of my later crewing spells Vincent was anchored off Burnham on Crouch when we received orders to proceed to Poole as soon as possible . |
| 4 | When we attended film shows in the RAF the National Anthem was played before the picture , accompanied by film footage of the Queen riding side saddle down Horse Guards Parade . |
| 5 | Here where class and its rituals , football teams , chips , queues for everything , council estates , three storey houses , pebble dashed suburbia , languages we 'd never heard , the tube , children who 'd grown up with TV programmes we 'd never seen , pubs and warm beer ( when we saw COURAGE written on pub hoardings we thought they were left over from the war to give people morale ) , tea and gasfires and pets , having to make appointments to see people in advance rather than just arriving , suspicious politeness , all of these began to reveal themselves , intricately and ambiguously . |
| 6 | Then occasionally when we had houses broken into and so on , if it was thought that a tramp could have been responsible , it used to be a great help if we gave out nine tickets for tramps and only eight of the nine were admitted to the casual ward , then we should clamp down of course on the one who failed to turn up . |
| 7 | Our house was lit by gas when we had money to pay for it . |
| 8 | Erm I know there had been occasion when we had people sleeping on the the stairway and you know , I think occasionally and but I think sometimes that was maybe somebody got home from a blues party , and had too much to drink or something , and they came into the warm , the heat w from the the downstairs flat , er k comes up on the stairwell , and I know there was someone sleeping there . |
| 9 | I commend his outlook to the House when we discuss issues relating to the social charter . |
| 10 | It happened with us , when we borrowed money to pay for this car , finished it off now , the bank , oh the letters they send you , about three months before you 're about to finish paying , I am an esteemed and valued customer you know and all that crap |
| 11 | The best that the Government can do is propose to bring the worst regulator up to the standard of the inadequate , when we need regulation aspiring to the standards of the best . |