Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] when i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was as if The Wedding Present only formed when I joined , which was nice in a way , ’ says Charman . |
| 2 | ‘ I was so suprised when I got the letter telling me about the award that I burst into tears , ’ says Joan , a widow . |
| 3 | However , my sense of superiority was soon punctured when I gave a paper on semantics at the Philological Society , where my views met with scepticism and some hostility . |
| 4 | He had not woken when I returned from my meal at two . |
| 5 | In a couple of months , they will be moving to larger premises , which Walker had just found when I visited him . |
| 6 | " My husband just crumbled when I felt it was me that needed to crumble and somebody to help me . |
| 7 | The hung from the rafters and hardly stirred when I walked beneath . |
| 8 | ‘ You were right , ’ he admitted , ‘ but I was whoolly riled when I heard what you thought on her . ’ |
| 9 | Cos I wa , I was directly involved when I did a hell of a lot of work for Marconis , they sent me up to Glenrossi 's cos they got a micro er , electronics factory up there doing micro-chips , and one of the big coal mines up there had just been closed down and they said well , there 's no doubt about it , you know wha what we got ta do is re-train the miners ! |
| 10 | In the state of affairs that still obtained when I entered the profession in 1959 the grammar school teacher and the university teacher of English were not radically different kinds of person ; indeed , contingent or accidental factors might have determined which career path was followed . |
| 11 | Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter ? |
| 12 | But that probably stopped when I started going in did n't it ? |
| 13 | My voice had nearly gone when I tried to order a brandy . |
| 14 | This has also happened when I have fed the fish . |
| 15 | what I most often heard when I phoned people a couple of days in was that it 's been the worst two days of my life ! |
| 16 | " Yes , the tide had just about turned when I got there . |
| 17 | I WAS really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a catwalk model parading a hat with a toy airplane on it . |
| 18 | ‘ But I was really transformed when I went to Australia . |
| 19 | I am often congratulated when I draw a map for someone of how to reach somewhere |
| 20 | ‘ Lester was most touched when I delivered the personal message , ’ Mr Grice said last night . |
| 21 | ‘ I was profoundly unnerved when I read the screenplay ; quite shaking with fear and disturbance . |
| 22 | Yeah , I had old Rosie here done when I got out . |
| 23 | That afternoon the wheelbarrow even stuck when I pulled it off the road for a break . |
| 24 | I am becoming increasingly agitated when I read articles like the one entitled ‘ In the Dock ’ ( January 1992 , page 44 ) in which the foul play of individual French players in the domestic league was highlighted . |
| 25 | Deee-Lite seem a little offended when I ask whether they were n't worried whether the DJs would n't like their new songs . |
| 26 | My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name . |
| 27 | No. 4 Commando positions were being heavily mortared when I arrived , and Jock , my friend of many years ago , took me off to find some shelter in a dug-out , giving at least some protection from the flying shrapnel . |
| 28 | He had barely answered when I explained what had happened . |
| 29 | It would be an exaggeration to say I suffered from morning sickness , but my suspicions were certainly aroused when I began to feel a little queasy in the early part of the day . |
| 30 | I found it extremely satisfying , which was something I never found when I worked in an office … |