Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] when [pron] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | She were asleep when I went down . |
| 2 | It is easy to assume that people were therefore pursuing their own interests , were unprincipled when they went about their politicking . |
| 3 | er , I know that erm , they were bad when we went down at half term |
| 4 | Everyone was sorry when he went back to Bermondsey , but the good work he had done lived after him . |
| 5 | Well you did n't think it was funny when we went to see |
| 6 | She was worried lest Uncle Vernon or Lily might see her going into Philip Neri 's and was relieved when they went instead to St Peter 's in Seel Street . |
| 7 | Louise was relieved when she went on , ‘ Nicky Scott Wilson . |
| 8 | It was dark when you went home in the |
| 9 | Ruth was horrified when they went below and she saw their sleeping space . |
| 10 | HEARTBROKEN Christine Lynch was horrified when she went to collect her twin brother 's belongings after he was found hanged . |
| 11 | He was glad when she went , taking only a carrier bag full of stockings and underclothes and not leaving a note of farewell or even any address where she might be reached . |
| 12 | This experience was invaluable when I went to college , for it was at a time when students in training were being told that if a lesson was interesting enough , children would listen . |
| 13 | ‘ I was sceptical when we went to see Nella . |
| 14 | ‘ It was sunny when I went out . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was amazed when mine went in . |
| 16 | I remember now , it was open when I went back to the car . |
| 17 | I was surprised when we went on past this , because the camp seemed to have ended . |
| 18 | anorexic , I thought my mum was anorexic when I went home the other day . |
| 19 | He was dead when he went into the river — no trace of river water in the lungs . |
| 20 | 30 " He was dead when he went in , and as he 'd been dead only for about six to seven hours , it could n't have been longer than that . |