Example sentences of "when [pron] [num ord] [verb] [pron] [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 put it on it was bzz bzz , bzz bzz , it 's a Flymo . |
| 10 | When I first took him to toddler group I must admit to feeling slightly uncomfortable about being ( usually ) the only man around . |
| 11 | I liked it when I first flew one in 1960 . |
| 12 | ‘ When I first held him in my arms I cried and cried . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ , but indeed it could be applied in many places . |
| 18 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said , ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ . |
| 19 | I take it that Barbara was your mistress when you first introduced her to Hugo and that she remained your mistress after Hugo was killed and she married Paul . ’ |
| 20 | And I shall look forward to giving you a good report when you next visit us in a ’ — she paused — ‘ fortnight 's time . |
| 21 | Tony was with his mother when she first met them in the street . |
| 22 | ‘ Her mane and tail were all matted and she had no manners — when we first put her in a stable she box walked and tried to barge out as soon as you opened the door . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What I regret is that we did n't force the bank into this situation 15 months ago when we first approached it over the demerger . |
| 24 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 25 | A pretty unfinished item too when they first dusted it from the vaults , I would imagine , judging by the amount of reconstruction that 's evidently gone into it . |
| 26 | I remember also the reaction of one or two of Ben 's older contemporaries , Constant Lambert and Patrick Hadley , who were particularly touched by this quartet when they first heard it at the dress rehearsal . |
| 27 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 28 | When they first obtained them from India the Romans mounted them as finger-rings less for their appearance than as symbols of hardness and strength . |
| 29 | She had been studying architecture in Paris when he first met her in 1958 . |
| 30 | The plain fact was I had not grasped the magnitude of Edward 's task when he first unfolded it to me . |