Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Eleven years later it was like a dream come true when I played my first game for the club and he was still in goal . |
| 2 | ‘ when I played my first match against Portugal I was lucky because it was a bit of a doddle . |
| 3 | My career was shaped , I suppose , when I sold my first sweater to a smart shop in Stratford at the tender age of sixteen . |
| 4 | He says : ‘ I was stunned when I received my first royalty cheque . |
| 5 | They put things right with a smile when I got them wrong , and I fell into their ways and rhythm of working as well as I could . |
| 6 | no , heaven knows what will happen to me when I 've , when I got it any more , I use it all the time . |
| 7 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 8 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |
| 9 | And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way . |
| 10 | When I got my first laser printer many moons ago , my bank manager almost had a heart attack . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile . |
| 12 | Kapil said : ‘ When I got my 400th Test wicket in Perth last year I promised Sunny that one day both records would belong to Indians and I intend to honour that . |
| 13 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 14 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 15 | My love for Rosalind was nothing compared to Juliet when I saw her beautiful dazzling |
| 16 | Do you know she 's now , she was quite cuddly , she was fat in the pregnancy when I saw her last time . |
| 17 | In the it 's only just till the rep comes he said , when I saw her last week she said like you know , he had n't been if he |
| 18 | I feared as much when I saw him this morning . " |
| 19 | Just for a moment Michele looked disconcerted , then said easily , ‘ Signor Candiano must have mentioned it when I saw him this afternoon . ’ |
| 20 | So somehow it was reassuring to find he had a sore throat when I saw him last Thursday . |
| 21 | When I saw my first period I was scared to death . |
| 22 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 23 | But when I saw you that first time in the garden , I most certainly wanted you , My Cassie . |
| 24 | ‘ I was encouraged by the way the idea was received by Sepp Blatter , Fifa 's general secretary , when I met him last month , ’ Kelly said yesterday , ‘ and I 've also been encouraged by his comments since then . ’ |
| 25 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 26 | While I am on my feet , perhaps I may apologise for referring in an earlier answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton , North when I meant my hon. Friend the Member for Littleborough and Saddleworth ( Mr. Dickens ) , who made the suggestion . |
| 27 | When I had them first I thought I 'm never going to use them you know they 're so clumsy and they 're so big and now I rather enjoy them . |
| 28 | I remember that when I had my first Meccano set , Dad made a simple hoist which was clamped to the table , a pulley was fixed to a hook above the mirror and my Teddy Bear used to go on trips up to the ceiling . |
| 29 | ‘ When I had my first heart attack 12 years ago I was terrified . |
| 30 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |