Example sentences of "[noun] when i [verb] them " in BNC.

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1 And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me .
2 My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford .
3 Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’
4 Old hands from the music business — usually loquacious if invited to reminisce — were struck by collective amnesia when I asked them about Dury .
5 Every last one of them I would imagine that were in that room when I met them er a week ago Friday I would , would probably stake my shirt on it , not that shirt , but this one
6 I was unfamiliar with the equipment in the room , although I knew an operating table and anaesthetic apparatus when I saw them .
7 Says the star : ‘ They did n't bat an eyelid when I told them I wanted it delivered 5,000 miles away in London .
8 The way they were hanging on to each other when I caught them , it 's very easy to believe . ’
9 I was really chuffed because normally with those the fans are ducking in the Shed when I hit them .
10 They put things right with a smile when I got them wrong , and I fell into their ways and rhythm of working as well as I could .
11 You like your trout when I do them , but you wo n't eat one .
12 But I get a woozy feeling when I watch them spoon away , and the plates , twenty or thirty of them — all fill up with the same thing …
13 For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net !
14 Aunt Kit never wrote , it would have shamed her to write my married name on the envelope , but she knitted for the baby , strange , holey garments that stretched to a huge size when I washed them , big enough for a prize boxer .
15 But I do recognise barbarity and inhumanity when I see them .
16 They laughed like a couple of schoolgirls , hands fluttering to their mouths like butterflies when I told them of my encounter with the priest .
17 The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain .
18 I was outside the chapel when I heard them … the Empress and my lord Sheriff …
19 I was munching a meat pie and reading an early edition of the Standard when I saw them and then only because I happened to glance in the mirror .
20 All I do to the Tokais when I get them is put five springs in the back , take the tremolo arm out and tighten all the screws at the bridge and raise the action .
21 But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying .
22 I had just got to the part when I told them ‘ You will have to take the oath of allegiance to … ’ when one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘ Ma'am , the King is dead . ’
23 ‘ They ca n't believe it in Hull when I told them you wo n't do Wogan , ’ she phoned in .
24 I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come .
25 They were in a bedroom at the left side of the house when I joined them .
26 I have windows broken at regular intervals and suffer a lot of abuse and foul language when I ask them to move .
27 I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do .
28 Several Members told me that most still speak in much the same way as they did before the cameras were introduced , and that is certainly my own impression when I watch them on television .
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