Example sentences of "when i [verb] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I really meant it when I 'd written I would n't have any painkillers ? |
| 2 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 3 | When I 'd finished I thought I 'd go to the living room to curl up by the gas fire . |
| 4 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
| 5 | I 'm a nice person , but when I get going I 'm like a madwoman . |
| 6 | ‘ When I get married I 'm going to keep my name . |
| 7 | When I get married I 'll get a hat . |
| 8 | When I got elected I got elected because the erm roads in this county were in a six hundred year repair cycle . |
| 9 | When I got married I was only seventeen and my husband was twenty-one . |
| 10 | and that cos when I got married I took it with me did n't I ? |
| 11 | And in China , usually , erm wedding is an important event in the family and an , when I got married I think my parents-in-law wo erm felt erm more excited than my husband and I ! |
| 12 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 13 | When I go shopping I |
| 14 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 15 | When I had finished I could see that it had made not the slightest impression . |
| 16 | When I had finished I thanked them and was escorted back . |
| 17 | When I had finished I took off my coat and hung it on a nail . |
| 18 | When I had finished I turned and , sinking to one knee , dramatically handed the napkin full of gold back to the king . |
| 19 | First time , but I kept when I kept going I kept slipping . |
| 20 | Many 's the time I 've been with people whose eyes glazed over when I 've said I was a feminist and I 've done the same with people who say they love to play golf . |
| 21 | But he would n't stop it , and , ‘ What is so large in your life that , when I 've promised I would discuss an interview with you , you would prefer to leave before — ’ |
| 22 | I like to get on with it at home , but when I 've toured I 've been so desperate to do well , so conscious of not getting out , that I become negative . |
| 23 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 24 | I can do it OK if I hang onto the side , but when I let go I just sink . |
| 25 | Anyway , when I went to go I had to go to the desk give you a token , this token lifts the barrier up . |
| 26 | Looking back , I fancy that when I went skiing I always hoped that the snow was covering some kindly grass , certainly not something as hard and painful as the arres of Pierre-Saint-Martin . |
| 27 | In fact I felt tired and when I went to change I er |
| 28 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 29 | But when I started to play I could n't believe how easy it was . |
| 30 | plus something , and an seven times that one would give you minus pass onto that , then twenty four times twenty four is five hundred and seventy six , I square , for it 's minus I square , minus formula cos then when I add to add I get six hundred and twenty five , it 's just , it 's one , you know like the three , four , five , triangle , in Pythagoras , yeah , you know , when you get three , four , five , and you can make them three squared , four squared , so is five squared , right , well , seven , twenty four , twenty five , is another one of those , right that 's how I knew seven , twenty four , I knew is six hundred and twenty five , that 's how I , that 's how I knew it 's . |