Example sentences of "my [noun] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the subject was never directly mentioned , it was subtly intimated in various ways that I was beholden to the Parsons for what was after all a free holiday , and was therefore expected to do rather more than my bit when it came to chauffeuring , chaperoning , shopping and suchlike chores . |
| 2 | ‘ She once mended my watch when it went wrong — ’ Malcolm was old-fashioned and liked watches made about ninety years ago in Switzerland by little hunch-backed men . |
| 3 | I struggled on for a while , but I know my limitations when it comes to design , especially as we have grown to expect a high standard in QP . |
| 4 | I was packing my kit when it dawned on me that the squad session would be over before I got there and that I would be concerned mainly with being kitted out as a member of the World Cup squad ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd wait and take my chance when it came . |
| 7 | Nothing could have been less reasonable than my fellow-members when it came to paying their share of the bills . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , I 'll probably be at the end of my life when it happens |
| 9 | I lost half of my friends when it happened |
| 10 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 11 | I am a Word Processor Operator as well as a keen knitter and so I ‘ borrowed ’ a little high-tech knowledge from that field to solve my problem when it reared its ugly head during my introduction to the knitting machine . |