Example sentences of "[that] when [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think we all realized that when we met him , ’ Kolchinsky said , glancing at Whitlock . |
| 2 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 3 | How we stumbled on this was that when we grew some of these algae at Plymouth with our colleagues there , we found that when we grew them at one temperature then these two molecules were present in a certain ratio but when we changed the water temperature then the er ratio changed . |
| 4 | I have to admit that when we started we were convinced that , like everybody else , we took a risk by investing in the tournament . |
| 5 | So that when we galloped them they did n't know , see , mm , years ago they were very particular an another man did n't li , say I had horses and you had horses , I would n't like my horses galloping with yours . |
| 6 | If they 'd have known that when they got they got out , |
| 7 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
| 8 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 9 | Did n't they tell you that when they sent you to collect me ? ’ |
| 10 | The Waste lay on a high part of the forest so that when they reached it the sun , which had already sunk from sight in the valleys , was still poised above the dark low edge of the distant forest . |
| 11 | ‘ Only that the house agents called it that when they advertised it . |
| 12 | ‘ The fact that Simon worshipped the ground you walked on means you must have been one hundred per cent certain that when you told him he 'd insist on marrying you — which he did — so what difference did that one day make to you ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ My career is precious to me — and you knew that when you married me . |
| 14 | Did they say owt and that when you ordered it , did it say that you were n't satisfied er that you 'd have postage to pay ? |
| 15 | ‘ You must have realised that when you summoned him to your hotel to break the news — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They have the same basic EQ as a humbucker , so you can get that really crunchy sort of distortion , but we also found that when you linked them up to a Fender-style five-way switch they had this amazing ability to clean up , like a Strat , in the in-between positions . |
| 17 | She could see the rage building up in her father and knew that when it burst he would lose all ability to reason . |
| 18 | There 's been nothing very dramatic since the secretive and highly confidential opening , when the teacher started with : " I 've been told about the wreck of a Roman Galley , which is buried in mud off the coast near Pompeii ; and it 's said that when it sank it was carrying great chests of treasure from Egypt . " |
| 19 | My pair were purple and black , so that when it rained they dyed my socks , which did not impress my mother at all . |
| 20 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 21 | N well I , I , I had , why I was so positive about it , I had an uncle who had it very badly and as a child I was very aware of his hands , they were quite inhuman looking , they were that shape , and you know everything he did he , he had to that and that 's remained in my mind that when I got it I though I wo n't have the hands like that so I r I w I go , I went to sleep , I still do it , every night , spread my hands , the last thing I think about , spread the hands . |
| 22 | I swear to you that when I kissed you in Ib 's Club it was simply because I could n't resist the temptation . |
| 23 | And when I started to write on the piano I found that when I translated it back to the guitar it was better . |
| 24 | But the doctor said that when I recovered I would have to practise less and go out more often . |
| 25 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ She was so hell-bent on them that when I told her I could n't get them anywhere she said ‘ Well , we 'd better make them . ’ |
| 27 | Moistening dry lips , she began , ‘ You 'll remember that when I told you I intended leaving you said I might go immediately ? |
| 28 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 29 | I did erm , mention , I think on one of them which was the erm Tim , this is the upstairs , I did actually mention that when I saw it to Roger . |
| 30 | Yes , you said that when I saw you at the station , ha ! ha ! ’ |