Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] when i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found trouble when I was issued with different colours . |
| 2 | I tried boxing when I was fifteen and won a bout against an opponent who was smaller than me and who normally wore thick glasses ; I went on to the second round of the competition and was beaten flat in thirty seconds by a demon midget who hammered me onto the ropes and kept hitting me until the referee stopped the bout before I suffered permanent damage . |
| 3 | I finished school when I was fourteen there erm then |
| 4 | Actually , though , I started tennis when I was about seven . ’ |
| 5 | I loved maths when I was at school , but I had been taught in a very formal way . |
| 6 | I first had sex when I was fourteen . |
| 7 | MUM found out she had cancer when I was about two years old . |
| 8 | You see , I left school when I was thirteen . |