Example sentences of "when [pers pn] be [noun pl] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and when you 're kids they seemed so big ! |
| 2 | He had a limp , he had a false leg , and of course , when you 're kids it strikes you as very funny to have a woodwork teacher with a wooden leg , so he 'd say , ‘ What shall we make today , kids ? ’ and we 'd go ‘ Want another leg , sir ? ’ and things like that . |
| 3 | And when you were pros you did , you got all the mucky jobs to do as well . |
| 4 | When we are children everyone has expectations of us . |
| 5 | When we are babies we cry so that our parents will pick us up and cuddle us . |
| 6 | God , we used to come here when we were kids you know ? |
| 7 | Two of the local clowns , Richard Clarke ( Mary 's son ) and Ian Cross , who had lived in Bellerby all their lives , said this would have been unthinkable at one time — when they were children everybody knew everybody else , and what went on . |
| 8 | He was very good when it was subjects he understood , like girlfriends or summer holidays , but when we brought in a political issue he was n't quite so sure of it , but he grew into it very well . |