Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 2 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 3 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 4 | I was bathing you , and I fetched a clean nappy , and when I unfolded it the letter dropped out , and we read it . ’ |
| 5 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 6 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
| 7 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 8 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 9 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 10 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 11 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 12 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you , William , ’ Marie says to me when I give her the tea , and I say ‘ Is there anything else , your Highness ? ’ like we 're king and queen or summat . |
| 14 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
| 15 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
| 16 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
| 17 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 18 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 19 | The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved . |
| 20 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 21 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 22 | They put fluorescent material on that stuff you know , so when you wash it the |
| 23 | When you put it the way you put it , I suppose I should have guessed that you had guessed . |
| 24 | Oh , would n't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest ! |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not sure what you mean , ’ she stated then , ‘ but you were most definitely hostile to me when you saw me the next day , and that was still before you knew I was a journalist . ’ |
| 26 | Though there is a good deal there which I found deeply offensive , he wrote , as you must have realized when you sent me the stuff , though , knowing you as I do , I suspect it may not even have crossed your mind , anyway , to be brief , I have , of course , put my feelings to one side and decided to honour the integrity of . |
| 27 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 28 | It 's harder when you do it the first thing . |
| 29 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 30 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |