Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I certainly did n't need my boss , Tim Dunton , informing me that when I reach the ripe old age of twenty-six , in just over a month 's time , it 's going to be definitely downhill all the way ! ’ |
| 2 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 3 | alright well I 'll have a I 'll have another chat with when I get the flipping chance and then |
| 4 | Just three of the qualities I possess that will be invaluable when I get the inevitable call to take up Football League management . |
| 5 | oh I , I 'd never , I I realize now from six weeks ago when I got the damn things |
| 6 | Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway . |
| 7 | When I announced the Green Paper last July , the hon. Gentleman said that he would examine our proposals carefully . |
| 8 | And when I saw the Aged come in with a lady , I knew I was right . |
| 9 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 10 | When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold . |
| 11 | He was abreast with the lorry when I saw the oncoming small black car overtaking on the other side , and overtaking fast . |
| 12 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 13 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 14 | As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems . |
| 15 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 16 | When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted . |
| 17 | But those gloomy musings ended abruptly when the skim dropped me near the pod was berthed — and when I saw the shadowy figures around it . |
| 18 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 19 | I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem . |
| 20 | When I congratulated the poor girl , she almost fainted . |
| 21 | But the actual impetus to ‘ act ’ only came when I met the right people in the right context … that is , Gerry and Amitha and the rest of the Working Party . |
| 22 | When I close the front door behind me I have a lump in my throat . |
| 23 | When I close the front door behind me , the hall is lit only by the streetlight , glowing faintly through frosted glass . |
| 24 | Your Royal Highness , it is , it is , it is interesting that when I attended the Annual General Meeting last year of the Boats Organization , the fact that I said that yachtsmen was a Con Conservation Body as well surprised them and since that time we have having collaboration with them er more and more and this is to be welcomed because we all want to sail in nice surroundings . |
| 25 | The points I 'm making , I should add , are not particularly political points , erm I get a little worried when I hear the sharp division between productive and unproductive occupations . |
| 26 | O'Keeffe 's immediate reaction to the criticism generated by the 1923 show is not known , but it is clear from a letter she wrote to Mitchell Kennerley of the Anderson Gallery in the autumn of 1922 , soon after Rosenfeld 's second article appeared , that she had objected from the beginning to Hartley 's and Rosenfeld 's assessments of her and her art : ‘ You see Rosenfeld 's articles have embarrassed me — [ and ] I wanted to lose the one for the Hartley book when I had the only copy of it to read — so it could n't be in the book . ’ |
| 27 | In theory , it takes a few seconds for the machine to recognize a new card , but in practice it worked so fast that when I inserted the Flash RAM card and typed ‘ dir A ’ , the machine responded instantly with a list of the card 's contents . |
| 28 | I was in my room sorting out what I was to take with me when I heard the front door . |
| 29 | When I heard the rowdy noise earlier , I was sure that there was a John Doe — dead on arrival — back from Maastricht . |
| 30 | I laughed when I heard the old cliché about ‘ having him under my feet . ’ |