Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [art] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 2 | When I turn the car and drive past the house , on my way to the main road , I can see Susan drawing the curtains in the bedroom , shutting out the street . |
| 3 | When I conduct a symphony or make a film , I have the impression of the complete work in my mind . |
| 4 | It was even better when I got a hug and a kiss from the former Miss Minnesota ! |
| 5 | I 'ad a long stint wiv Galloway an' I was gutted when I got the push an' we 'ad ter get out o' the 'ouse . |
| 6 | When I saw a fire and capering figures , I ran down again . |
| 7 | She is frightened of some noises — like the vacuum cleaner — but does n't bother at all when I use the lawnmower or hedge-cutter . |
| 8 | I did put it on , when I had a drink and then I took it off again |
| 9 | I , I was in when I had a hysterectomy and , but I think I was so ill I was glad really that erm I was on my own then . |
| 10 | When I had a caravan and he was alive we was living in woods . |
| 11 | And there have been days I 'd have liked her at home when I had a headache or one of the nuns had roared at me at school . |
| 12 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 13 | Selecting another piece of grass , he said : ‘ Anyway , I stayed awake until about four this morning , going over and over it in my mind , and when I woke an hour or so later , I had one almighty headache … bloody brass band playing inside the old brainbox … flashing lights before the eyes … the lot ! |
| 14 | When I wrote a line or two of Lover at the Gate I felt at ease , buoyantly happy , confident . |
| 15 | Michelle , 20 , said : ‘ I could n't believe it when I heard the radio and they gave a description of a little girl dressed in her mum 's nightie and shoes . |
| 16 | When I left the laundry and the kitchen where I received my basic formation as a novice , I went off to university . |
| 17 | He was on the water when I made the speech and the Liberals did not know what to say . |
| 18 | I was still trembling when I reached the barn and hardly said a word as Mr Bailes led me back across the road to the farm . |
| 19 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 20 | I took it when I examined the body and , taken with the rigor which was almost fully established then , I 'd say it was unlikely that he was alive much after nine p.m . |
| 21 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 22 | ‘ I caught my breath when I opened the door and found him towering over me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ When I opened the letter and saw the summons , ’ Jean says , ‘ I thought , ‘ Oh , the poor devil — I 'll have to just simply pay off the money owed , and then no-one will ever have to know about this ’ . ’ |
| 24 | There was just going to be one big thud when I hit the deck and then all would be over — my arm would stop hurting and no more 109s could make dirty passes at me behind my back . |
| 25 | Q I would like to be able to make a neckline that looks neat , so that when I do a neckband and fold it to the inside , the actual neckline looks good . |
| 26 | When I consider the mover and seconder of the Loyal Address today , I can not escape the feeling that , while the right hon. Member for Worcester was in successive Tory Governments because of his cleverness , the hon. Member for Thanet , South may have been kept out of successive Tory Governments for exactly the same reason . |
| 27 | When I read a book or saw a play or studied a synopsis , there came into my mental vision a fairly detailed and consecutive pattern of what the film would be like . |
| 28 | When someone gets a virus and becomes ill , the helper cells kill off the virus and usually they get better . |
| 29 | Do pay attention to the note at the bottom of page 38 in the manual , which suggests that you ensure that the yarn is not caught round any of the sinker hooks when you take the yarn and wrap it around the needle in E position next to the knitting . |
| 30 | You must learn to ask for a deposit when you take an order and never , never let a garment go without the balance in your hand . |