Example sentences of "[vb past] when you [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She supposed it was magic , probably it only happened when you swung your head up in a certain way , she would test that tomorrow , and as she dropped asleep it lay alongside the tickets of paper with the numbers she had written , and the tar bubbles and the sun that made red horses and brown splotches when she closed her eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ What happened when you took him home ? |
| 3 | It 's obviously a hell of a technique to master and somebody told me that , just to make things worse , you grinned when you did it ! |
| 4 | Yours worked when you married me . |
| 5 | In pride of place above the electric fire was a paperweight of a giraffe on which inappropriate snow fell when you shook it . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose this is what you meant when you told me there was something wrong , and rushed off . |
| 7 | Mr Smith asked : ‘ Can you explain what you meant when you said you were in a minority in Lady Thatcher 's administration ? ’ |
| 8 | I only came to ask what you thought when you saw him again . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's all over , ’ you thought when you read it . |
| 10 | ‘ I told you everything I saw when you interviewed me before . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I came because I liked what I saw when you passed me in the corridor back in Helsinki . |
| 12 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 13 | As you did when you seduced me ! |
| 14 | So you 'd say that as a b er as a result of that it did it did er so it did When you say it served its purpose , it did improve the image ? |
| 15 | I , I morning , I , she get what I said when you get one , I went and got you one I said but it was one ninety nine . |
| 16 | She said when you decorate you really aught to erm |
| 17 | He says , oh he said when you see your sister will you ask her about steam cleaner ? |
| 18 | That 's why Briant found it odd you should refer to the baby as ‘ it ’ ; it was n't the use of a neuter term , but the way you sounded when you said it . |
| 19 | He took the stairs slowly , trying to remember if it was the third or the fourth step from the bottom that creaked when you put your weight on it . |