Example sentences of "but when we [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when we had our backs against the wall … ’ |
| 2 | But when we reached our bedroom , Miss Scatcherd was checking the drawers . |
| 3 | It took time , it took time , it took a period of years till they got it finalized but when we got it finalized , we had for example er welding areas , in which no one was allowed in unless they were a welder you know . |
| 4 | No , no , she 's not worried , but when we took her up recently , he , he , he said it 's only a wart like that , he did n't sort of worry |
| 5 | But when we took it over the , one of the first things we did was to redesign the kitchen because the soup was made in these great boiler and it was probably heated up every day of the week and can imagine what it would be like being in prison . |
| 6 | When we were asleep , it had ceased to matter , but when we ate it still remained a bore . |
| 7 | We were told that a recurrent illness had made him in his earlier days an abrasive and difficult colleague but when we knew him , the right pill had been found and the former angrily flashing eye and rasping voice of which people spoke had mellowed to a genial twinkle and an infectious chuckle . |
| 8 | But when we plunged our hands into them , the dust-filled light ran through our fingers like water . |
| 9 | ‘ But when we came we had the fireplace taken out . |
| 10 | ah , but when we asked her where she 's from she said India |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd been told for years how generous they would be , but when we challenged them , they had nothing for us . |
| 12 | But when we moved them , |
| 13 | We booked a table in a restaurant for our office Christmas party but when we arrived they had no record of the booking we made . |
| 14 | But when we phoned her , when we made those calls saying , ‘ We know , ’ it was n't just the infidelity that Lori worried about . |
| 15 | But when we faced its devastating impact on the lives of people we knew , we had no idea what to do . |