Example sentences of "when [pers pn] came [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | When I came round for coffee . |
2 | When I came round from the chloroform I was in bed . |
3 | ‘ When I came round after the operation I asked the doctors if they would let me have the screws . |
4 | And , ’ he went on , before Marc could interrupt , ‘ you happened to be in Paris when I came over for them . |
5 | I decided when I was 11 and I started doing drama at school , when I came over from New Zealand , that I wanted to be an actress . ’ |
6 | ‘ You spoke like someone else when I came up to you . |
7 | When I came up to him , he stood stiffly aside so I could precede him up the stairs . |
8 | ‘ Anyone who gets really used to something will know what I 'm talking about here , but my stuff is pretty noisy and when I came up with a way of getting rid of the noise , I really missed it ! |
9 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
10 | ‘ Childbirth ’ our local priest called it , but I did n't really understand what he was on about until several years later when I came up against the problem again . |
11 | When I came on with my period , I did n't know who to tell . |
12 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
13 | When I came out of the water , they all had tears in their eyes . |
14 | When I came out of my room again I had a new identity , I was a new person . |
15 | When I came out of the service I bought a Fender , but I just could n't hold on to it ; it was too small and the weight was wrong . |
16 | When I came out of the cave I was so exhilarated I felt drunk . |
17 | in the top flat , they , they were rehoused in a flat in a block of mansion flats and when I came out of the army this was the accommodation I found available , er for me and I objected strongly and after a great deal of fuss erm the Islington Borough Council 's Housing Department found us rooms on the first floor in a Victoria Victorian villa in Penventon Gardens , which erm , were comfortable |
18 | When I came out of a nightmare of pain it was to a swirling world of night , and a storm . |
19 | When I came out of prison , I was wary . |
20 | I knew I 'd been dreaming again ( or whatever we call it ) because , when I came out of it , the wooden post — that old pile I 'd clung to like a drowning man — was nowhere ! |
21 | When I came out of my room to go downstairs the door of his bedroom was open . |
22 | " When I came out of the office I think I said something casually about old Mr. Lorrimer not having to go into hospital after all . |
23 | I 'm sure that when I came out of the room I was staggering , and instinctively I pawed at my mouth . |
24 | When I came out of hospital I could n't walk , I could n't pick up my son … |
25 | ‘ When I came out of the Air Force I did articles and pieces for various magazines as well as reviews for newspapers , including the Yorkshire Gazette and Herald and the Northern Echo . |
26 | I tell you something I was amazed at erm the reading book he appeared with , Fluff and Nip and goodness knows what that went out with the ark when I came out of college , I do n't know whether they 're all reading that or whether it 's just sort of found them and must of been just perhaps a one off or something , but , I was amazed |
27 | I think it 's brilliant , and when I came out of hospital you said mummy , I said I want to stay here for a couple of days is that Stacey ? |
28 | When I came out of geography . |
29 | My Ma often did n't know where to look when I came out with things about Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie . |
30 | When I came out with the next platitude ( ‘ How are you ? ’ ) they lifted and turned towards me . |