Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean even when I smoked I did . |
| 2 | When I married I left the classes but now , all these years later , I joined them again . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt terrible when I realised what had happened . |
| 4 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 5 | And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel . |
| 6 | I needed your help , Claudia , and when I realised you 'd disappeared I knew you 'd try to leave without seeing me again . |
| 7 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 8 | When I accepted he suggested I might like to give him a certain sum to help the wine flow . |
| 9 | Well er I had a lot of friends here and there , and when I 've had a lot of photos to develop for them , and then when I got everything done , you felt a sigh of relief at getting it all done . |
| 10 | When I got myself transferred over to your department , I discovered that you 're well-known among the girls in the office . |
| 11 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 12 | And when I got I says to here , I 'm sick of having to out all them cigarettes . |
| 13 | ‘ It was hell when I discovered you 'd left that morning without saying anything to me , not even an angry goodbye ! |
| 14 | ‘ I was alone in this new search as I was alone when I discovered I loved my own sex . |
| 15 | ‘ When you said something about the real tragedy for anyone facing a handicap is when expected support is withdrawn , then yesterday at your flat I realised that you thought I 'd walked out on Jennifer when I discovered she had MS . |
| 16 | JC : I wonder how far the piece had progressed when I engaged you to come and sing with Sadler 's Wells Opera in January 1943 ? |
| 17 | When I challenged him to do so he was right in fourteen cases out of the sixteen . |
| 18 | It was so hard to see you suffer when I knew you 'd always been the most gentle , caring person in my life . |
| 19 | So when I knew I had cancer and was facing death , I still could n't pray to the God I associated with the churches . |
| 20 | That was , when I knew I had to come back . |
| 21 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 22 | When I saw her go up Marcus 's path my heart was banging so loudly I 'm amazed they did n't hear me . |
| 23 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 24 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 25 | I remember the stepmother , yes — did n't like when I saw her comin' t'the door . |
| 26 | At any rate , when I saw her approaching late at night from the last bus , I would feign sleep and lie rigid in bed , willing my eyes to stay shut , but the sagging weight of Val sitting on the edge of my bed and her heart-rending sighs usually wore me down in the end , and I had to open my eyes and listen . |
| 27 | I was about to break from sheltering rock and follow when I saw him stop aghast and raise one arm involuntarily in a gesture of self-protection . |
| 28 | Consequentially , when I saw him marching swiftly towards me I permitted myself a brief groan . |
| 29 | His body was hairy , muscled , well-shaped , and when I saw him strip for bed he reminded me of a gorilla about to pounce upon its prey . |
| 30 | It was about a week later and my leathers were still a little ruffled after the grating incident when I saw him sitting all alone in the waiting room . |