Example sentences of "a [noun sg] when i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I worked for a bit when I was about eighteen . |
| 2 | Assuming that I 'd been able to drag the dinghy in a fairly straight line — though I might have gone astray a bit when I was stumbling in the mud — Joanna should be lying more or less straight ahead , and a good deal nearer than when I 'd left , for it was near high water then , and now it was about the last of the ebb . |
| 3 | They were getting on a bit when I was born . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll make a decision when I 'm in a position to . |
| 5 | I had an experience with a bike when I was very small a girl up the road was given a bike and I had quite quietly learnt how to ride a bike more or less . |
| 6 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 7 | I had a look when I was hoovering your bedroom . |
| 8 | In fact the only thing , I , I 'm hoping Robert 's packed me the razor , I 'll have a shave when I 'm there you know ? |
| 9 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 10 | ‘ I just took a flyer when I was at Stiff , ’ says the gently-spoken rock demon through a head cold . |
| 11 | I ca n't ever recall even meeting a priest when I was at United , though there always seemed to be plenty of them around . |
| 12 | I was a shocker when I was younger . |
| 13 | I mean I , I never went in a car when I was a child . |
| 14 | ‘ I used to enjoy playing the fool in a car when I was young , ’ he said . |
| 15 | I 'm not , if you want a car you , you blasted run it , I did n't have a car when I was young |
| 16 | ‘ I used to think that I wanted to be a lawyer when I was a little kid ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The Lord said to Abraham , ‘ Why did Sarah laugh and say ‘ Shall I indeed bear a child when I am old ? ’ |
| 18 | And I felt like I remember sometimes feeling as a child when I was doing something a bit difficult , a bit daring . |
| 19 | ‘ I started out with a dream when I was 13 to be a musician … |
| 20 | My boss knew he had taken on a lesbian when I was appointed . |
| 21 | ‘ I used to know a pickpocket when I was on the beat a million years ago . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted to be a ballerina when I was a child . |
| 23 | And I mean a point when I was with her , right ? |
| 24 | There has been criticism of my buying but most were hired in a crisis when I was down to eight fit men . |
| 25 | I got into a band when I was 13 playing melodic punk . |
| 26 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 27 | ‘ I fell out of a tree when I was four years old . |
| 28 | Because from the age of seventeen to twenty nine I worked on building sites , and that got boring so I changed and I changed and became a policeman , and I ca became a policeman when I was twenty nine and a half and it 's , I 've enjoyed it ever since cos every day is interesting , every day is different , every day is unusual . |
| 29 | Right , what made we want to be , I wanted to be a policeman when I was very young but never had the courage to do it . |
| 30 | ‘ I once met a parson when I was travelling with an entire horse and he said : |