Example sentences of "[adj] when i [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they first met , Charlie called the shots by improvising in front of the cameras and using his experience from films like Bright Lights , Big City , with Michael J Fox , and 18 Again , with George Burns He said : ‘ Kylie was a little nervous when I improvised and it threw her off . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel really nervous when I sing that one because it 's a risk . |
| 3 | I 'm real relieved when I see that , and head straight for the gap . |
| 4 | I hope that I am not thought too patronising or authoritarian when I say that I do not believe that parents should leave children in unattended cars and they certainly should not leave the keys in the car as well . |
| 5 | er er er Well it can be but it c er er er er er I found it very helpful when I discovered that after I was saved . |
| 6 | It were fourteen when my dad left school , and I were fourteen when I left cos if your |
| 7 | ‘ I think I am talking for us all when I say that we will gladly work for nothing , just until matters improve , we have all been so happy here at Summer Lodge and each and every one of us would like to stay with you wherever you go . ’ |
| 8 | In another store one sales assistant stopped short of calling me stupid when I commented that a certain guitar was n't to my taste and a bit cheap-looking . |
| 9 | I was impressed when I discovered that as well as the usual homoeopathic remedies , psionic practitioners used potencies of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid ) and RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . |
| 10 | I am sure that I am not alone when I say that I learned more through the Iii-service courses organised by Basil Rocke than through my entire period of earlier , formal training . |
| 11 | They — the earrings — belonged to my mother , so I value them , and naturally I was very concerned when I realised that I had lost — ’ |
| 12 | But I certainly remember going to Mr and erm , I felt very bold when I went and said that er , you know , sooner or later I 'd erm , I 'd get married and er set up a home and that sort of thing and erm I said er , what are the prospects of erm getting a reasonable salary ? |
| 13 | There was more attacking when I played and more chances . |
| 14 | Well I was shocked when I heard that that that that yours whi yours you yours would attempt to you got my permission , yes but , I 'd be highly surprised if if you got them . |
| 15 | To my relief , she was not shocked when I asked if I could spend most of my stay at Lough Corrib asleep in bed . |
| 16 | I was definitely pleased , but vaguely uneasy when I discovered that he did n't have a black rim around his neck . |
| 17 | It was even worse when I realised that it was more than that . |
| 18 | It 's the same when I ask if he is a romantic . |
| 19 | But I did use and re-invent the world of the Barracks I grew up in , yet the point is that I was in my 20s when I wrote that book and it was viewed through the persona of a dying woman . |
| 20 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 21 | ‘ He got annoyed when I said that though and said it was n't true , so I 'd like this time to say that although he appears to be very clever on stage and TV , in real life he is extremely stupid . ’ |
| 22 | The director is visibly disappointed when I explain that we will start with the basics and that we will not spend the whole budget on a new x ray machine . |
| 23 | I hope , however , that you will not think me Panglossian when I suggest that we are now not far from that point . |
| 24 | ‘ I was very upset when I discovered that it had gone : it was a terrible shock . |
| 25 | The moment was complete when I realised that the action had also cured my arthritis and that I had n't needed the strategically-placed piece of double-sided sticky tape . |
| 26 | ‘ I was speechless when I heard that I had won , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Erm oh I asked him about that when I went and he said it were nothing to worry about , it 's just |
| 28 | ‘ I was n't trying to start a riot or anything like that when I reacted as I did . |
| 29 | The Gendarme on duty at Boulogne Police Station looked surprised when I said that I had come to join the French Foreign Legion . |
| 30 | He looks surprised when I ask if it is difficult to put so much energy into something for which you do n't get paid : ‘ It makes absolutely no difference at all . |