Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I ran away I was going to the beach , but as I got near it I recognized someone I was avoiding . |
| 2 | When I grew up I would become a man in the way that other girls would become nurses or teachers or whatever . |
| 3 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 4 | When I calmed down I realized I was defending an organization I refused to be in , though I had nothing good to say for the one I 'd left it for . |
| 5 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |
| 6 | Oh , all the important people were Quaker families when I lived there you see ? |
| 7 | ‘ This was a vacant lot when I drove past it on my way to headquarters earlier this evening . ’ |
| 8 | That was that was the other thing when you filled in the C C Q , that 's when I filled in my own one , you put in the death |
| 9 | When I got ashore I stole a small fishing boat and sailed it to the Delta . |
| 10 | When I got past I 'd put my head up again , as if to say , ‘ I do n't care ’ . |
| 11 | When I got upstairs I found Abu Salim , which did nothing for my confidence , |
| 12 | When I got up I saw a friend by my side with a lot of blood , and I saw she was dead . |
| 13 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 14 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 15 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 16 | When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry . |
| 17 | And when I got through I knew immediately by the tone of her voice that she was , there was something wrong . |
| 18 | When I got through she made a kind of whistling noise through her teeth . |
| 19 | When I got downstairs I could see the drawing-room light was on so I thought they must still be up , I 'll go and see if they want a snack . |
| 20 | When I got closer I found it to be empty and forgotten ; cattle grazed up to its outer walls , its projecting porch was thick with ivy , its gardens with nettles . |
| 21 | That when I got here they would n't be missing anymore . |
| 22 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 23 | I thought she was a friend but when I got here she had changed . |
| 24 | ‘ But when I got here it was very cold . ’ |
| 25 | When I got here I discovered she did n't live in the town any longer . |
| 26 | When I got home he was already in his room , whistling away cheerfully . |
| 27 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 28 | When I got home I said , ‘ They ought to know you better than think you would marry a prostitute . ‘ |
| 29 | When I got home I looked up Fauré in the Oxford Companion . |
| 30 | If I could n't produce a marriage date , and Nigel could n't officially be registered dead without it , perhaps he was n't , because legally he could n't be , and when I got home I 'd find … |