Example sentences of "when i [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was three o'clock by the tower clock when I finally forced my numb fingers to dose the creaking covers of the Thesaurus Exorcismorum . |
| 2 | Young , chirpy faces to greet me when I finally made it to Raynes Park . |
| 3 | I needed it because when I finally disentangled myself from Zaria 's legs ( another advantage noted : no claws ) , I padded over to see what the noise was . |
| 4 | When I finally roused myself and walked , unsteadily at first , to the green door and then through the other garden and the house , now silent — for our party had moved away and there was only a lady in an obviously twentieth century flowered smock at a little table in the hall — I felt the world was drained of colour and that I could not face anyone who was not Orlando . |
| 5 | It was 4.30 a.m. when I finally said my farewell to the French family and their very charming daughter . |
| 6 | When I finally sold it and acquired a respectable saloon , some of the excitement went out of motoring . |
| 7 | The great day came when I finally untied him . |
| 8 | It 's like … well , the longer I leave it , the less it will hurt when I finally face it . |
| 9 | When I finally found him he looked for all the world like a clown . |
| 10 | and then you 'll see it again when I finally pay you . |
| 11 | Scraping away the yellow clay , I discovered a metal drainage pipe , and the dam thing proved to be eight feet long when I finally wrested it away from its niche . |
| 12 | I had always imagined that when I finally lost my virginity , it would be for the same reason I smoked and drank , because it would have seemed unsophisticated not to . |
| 13 | I despised the other actors for not sticking up for me , and for sniggering at the accent when I finally did it . |
| 14 | When I finally decided I could n't dawdle over my coffee any longer , a decision arrived at long before by the hard-eyed blonde in charge of the cash register , I climbed back in the heap and headed home . |
| 15 | When I sternly remind my dear Wife ( a Liberal supporter ) that a vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote for Adultery , she agrees enthusiastically . |
| 16 | ‘ She gave me some help when I badly needed it . |
| 17 | Many of the stories were unbelievable , but when I later checked them , all were true . |
| 18 | When I eventually told her , she was devastated … . an' me dad too . |
| 19 | ‘ It was the chuckle he gave when I eventually dragged myself away . |
| 20 | When I eventually reached his house we got out his canoe . |
| 21 | The great problem I faced , when I eventually obtained my degree in zoology , was that to convert my childhood fascination into an adult career I would have to carry out experiments on animals . |
| 22 | The word ‘ Hecketypecky ’ passed between them , and when I eventually found it — the Rio Jequetepeque — I could hardly believe the spelling . |
| 23 | to walk round the bread shelves twice and they were right on the bottom shelf when I eventually tracked them down and they had the hot cross buns on the shelves . |
| 24 | When I eventually find him , I tell him of my difficulty , and he sympathises . |
| 25 | I always felt that she cut me off just as we were becoming closer — and always when I most needed her . ’ |
| 26 | The impact was so great that the effect of it was to remain with me in the months ahead and give me strength when I most needed it . |
| 27 | When I normally do it , and it did n't do what it normally does . |
| 28 | I had already received details of properties in several regions of France , including the Toulouse area , when I providentially read your article , ‘ At the sign of the Red Rocker ’ , the catalyst being the mention of a cheap flight to Toulouse from Heathrow for £116 return . ’ |
| 29 | But when I quickly explained our problem and made my request , her large furry face wrinkled with doubt . |
| 30 | When I reluctantly put him back in his shoe box , I had a desperate need to be close to ‘ Fred ’ the person . |