Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] when i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 2 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
| 3 | ‘ We went a few rounds when I was big enough to stand up to him . ’ |
| 4 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 5 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 6 | They wrote many of these stories when I was in bed . |
| 7 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 8 | Of course , there were times when it lifted altogether , and many times when I was not aware of it . |
| 9 | ‘ I read too many fairy-tales when I was young , ’ she said bitterly . |
| 10 | As the group grew to 2,000 people I still knew the key people and was able to approach them even in the latter days when I was one of many . ’ |
| 11 | I began to use the mornings of those days when I was on evening watch for these little excursions , and covered quite a bit of territory — Leighton Buzzard , High Wycombe , Buckingham , Dunstable , Newport Pagnell , Woburn , Banbury , Northampton , Aylesbury , Bedford , and even as far as Whipsnade and the Chiltern Hills . |
| 12 | They agreed to transport the wheelbarrow on those days when I was able to carry supplies on my back from one village to the next . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I ought to have made more enquiries when I was inviting him — I mean , it would seem discourteous to ignore her , if she exists . |
| 14 | We had to go in there several times when I was little and mother was sick , and they 'd never let us stay together , so anything could have happened . ’ |
| 15 | The fish were feeding ravenously , and several times when I was landing or unhooking fish the indicator on my other rod went sailing up . |
| 16 | ‘ I know this because I have been here several times when I was younger . |
| 17 | There have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and apologise for my attack at the time of Simon 's death . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And there have been several times when I was tempted to try and get in touch and tell you about Thomas , ’ Ashley said , in a pert rejoinder . |
| 19 | I was worrying how to break it to my own children when I was saved . |
| 20 | Kylie said : ‘ I used to design all my own clothes when I was younger , when I was 15 , 16 . |
| 21 | Most parties when I was young , this is where you 'd want to bring your girl — quiet , secluded , romantic view across the water . |
| 22 | I was over there most days when I was a boy . ’ |