Example sentences of "[noun] when i [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know I 'm no end of a brute , and roar like a bear when I lose my temper , but there 's no need to be quite so distressed by my presence . |
| 2 | I want to see the passion in your beautiful eyes when I touch you like this … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Look , Ma , silly bugger or not , I can tell a piece when I see her , or smell her , and this one is n't wor Robbie 's type , nor none of our types . |
| 4 | Especially when I know an inferiority complex when I see one . |
| 5 | I 'm more satisfied in my mind when I know it 's clean . |
| 6 | Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him . |
| 7 | I hate the white substance that oozes from bacon when I cook it . |
| 8 | but I am in a pickle when I get one . |
| 9 | I shall certainly be following this matter up with the council when I meet it shortly . |
| 10 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 11 | ‘ In this hut when I ask something , it is answered , ’ he hissed . |
| 12 | Now , I 've been around for a lot of years and I know a bad girl when I see one . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman can raise those matters when I call him in the debate , as I hope to do . |
| 14 | I 'll savage Mona when I see her . ’ |
| 15 | I am not talking with the benefit of hindsight when I say his success has not surprised me . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not hindsight when I say there was something cold and sinister about him . |
| 17 | I 'll tell Mama when I see her how good you have been to me . |
| 18 | I imagined the whole business of running to the wire , and setting up the ladder a thousand times , but I could never get beyond the point when I set my foot on the bottom rung . |
| 19 | And I 'm going to ask Mr when I see him that if he |
| 20 | ‘ I look forward to that — and so , I know , will Mr. Stevenson when I tell him . ’ |
| 21 | And I could die and go to heaven when I hear you making wordless muted sounds beside me and feel your lips kiss my brow so gently . |
| 22 | ‘ I expect he 'll just weep for joy when I tell him , ’ she said . |
| 23 | She will not understand my joy when I hug her ; when I dance and crush their hands with gratitude . |
| 24 | So you forgive me because I am your friend when I tell you it is perhaps — baby . |
| 25 | ‘ But I know a friend when I see one . ’ |
| 26 | The story had been taken up in yesterday 's paper by another lady , old-age pensioner Miss Judith Kennedy , a retired teacher who told a local reporter that ‘ I know an eagle when I see one because I lived in Cyprus for twenty years and there are many eagles there . |
| 27 | To Timothy his dear dad great mercy and peace to you from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord I give thanks to the God of my forefathers who I worship with a clear conscience when I mention you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day . |
| 28 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 29 | I can tell a race when I see one . |
| 30 | Oh I 'm I think I 'm a semi veggie I just eat meat when I fancy it . |