Example sentences of "but when [pron] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 2 | ‘ BR used to organise these type of specials themselves but when they stopped doing them we thought we would step in , ’ added one of the organisers , Lancaster Railman Nigel Bryer . |
| 3 | But when they start coming |
| 4 | Like when we 're doing geography , we do n't seem to be working , but when we started revising we ended up in two years with seven books , which is goodness knows how much compared with chemistry or a subject like that . |
| 5 | But when we consider learning together are a model . |
| 6 | A bit slow to start but when it got going it was outstanding . ’ |
| 7 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 8 | I kept this dark secret for 15 years — but when it started happening in front of the children , I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 9 | Part of me agreed , but when I thought settling with Ellen I 'd get this panic rising from my gut . |
| 10 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 11 | but when I kept ringing , you know , because they generally call here |
| 12 | I 'm a nice person , but when I get going I 'm like a madwoman . |
| 13 | I 'm all ready if I got my handbag , but when I start walking because of the cars being broken into I do n't carry a handbag , you see , I just carry money in my pocket . |
| 14 | But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs . |
| 15 | But when I say recording material , I just mean one conversation that you 're , you 're transcribing . |
| 16 | About getting things to move along , but when you start breaking down what the other aspects are about a lot of things , erm it was good influencing , recognise this and somebody will just suddenly say oh , no nothing nothing to do with influencing , |
| 17 | But when you start getting down here you 've got low biological activity |
| 18 | I 'm bloody sure I would n't of paid it no way , er , thing is though you see when you first look at it , it do n't look a bad car , but when you start studying it closely you start to see just exactly what problems it 's got with it did you point out the faults on it then ? |
| 19 | But when you start going grey you look so |
| 20 | But when you begin fishing , if it is a swim you have never fished before with a swimfeeder , it is essential that you find out how long it takes to empty so that you can set up a rhythm of casting and feeding . |
| 21 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 22 | He did n't mind at first but when he kept bumping into sculptures of boats , animals or castles he became more and more frustrated . |
| 23 | ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye . |
| 24 | He was so overwhelmed and flattered that he could not argue , but when he started working on the ballet he found that the music ( an orchestrated version of Schubert 's four-handed piano pieces ) ‘ said nothing to me ’ . |
| 25 | Life in South Africa , once he started dancing , was one long rush , and his early days in London too , but when he stopped dancing he was in an unusual position . |