Example sentences of "but when i [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of me agreed , but when I thought settling with Ellen I 'd get this panic rising from my gut . |
| 2 | I ran the tape back , wanting to listen again to some of Surkov 's improvisation ; but when I pressed to start it there was only a crackling silence . |
| 3 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 4 | But when I managed to convert my body into something trim and neat , my personality changed too . |
| 5 | At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove . |
| 6 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But when I began to fathom the extent of British editorial obedience to America 's New York Times and NBC-TV , I got scared . |
| 9 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 10 | But when I had recognized his weakness — his desire to join a club called Genius — I knew I had him . |
| 11 | but when I kept ringing , you know , because they generally call here |
| 12 | I was upset , but when I 'd calmed down , I wondered if Roby was right . |
| 13 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 14 | Everyone was amazed when my father left , but when I came to consider it I had been relieved . |
| 15 | This time I left them alone , and stayed in the kitchen with little Hareton , but when I came to warn them that Hindley had returned , I realized that their quarrel had only brought them closer together . |
| 16 | I washed my hands and tried to make my peace with her , but when I went to stroke her she hissed at me . |
| 17 | I wanted the hotel to clean them , but when I went to get them this morning , one had gone . |
| 18 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |
| 19 | But when I started to play I could n't believe how easy it was . |
| 20 | ‘ I met lots of different men at university but when I started work the opportunities for meeting single men were really limited . |
| 21 | But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs . |
| 22 | But when I did find out I was profoundly relieved to know that all these troubling fantasies which had been playing twice nightly in my head were , in fact , shared by others . |
| 23 | I planned an overnight stay at the Drumrunie Hotel , marked on the map and ten miles along the road , but when I tried to telephone to book a room , the operator told me that the hotel had recently been burnt down . |
| 24 | I was already shivering with cold , but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly . |
| 25 | But when I tried to avoid giving them he ordered me to tell him what was up . |
| 26 | But when I tried to position my wheelchair next to my wife I found that the outstretched leg of the bearded chap behind came between us . |
| 27 | But when I learned to play guitar I just got a book of chords and learned them and just sort of thrashed around . |