Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I discovered you 'd be accompanying him to Margrida 's lunch party , I decided that the only way I could handle it was by avoiding you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Fancy falling in love with the same man twice — when I knew he could never be interested in me ! ’ |
| 3 | When I slept I would dream that one came , and drove on past without knowing I was here ; then I would wake up and run to the road looking for a tail light disappearing . |
| 4 | There were times , subsequently , when I felt I should have hired a second vet to check the location and fitting of my own cranium . |
| 5 | Eventually when I felt I could not take any more I threw the blanket off and sat up . |
| 6 | I went back to bathe my eyes and when I returned I could not see them . ’ |
| 7 | When I came it used to be a very old building which belonged to British Legion club previously and er Sikhs bought from them . |
| 8 | My guess was right when I thought they would get an awful lot from a Video Course , even though it was n't in their language . |
| 9 | When I thought I 'd run out of things to say I asked the front two rows to move back and the whole place started buzzing . |
| 10 | Just when I thought it could n't get any better the Turkish police steamed in a chinned Big Nose and Bryan ‘ As I say ’ Knobson . |
| 11 | When I said it would be a waste of time , I was n't referring to the state of your jeep . ’ |
| 12 | It matters that I 'm there every week right when I said I would be . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , sorry , when I said I wo n't see you next week , that means I wo n't see you now until the fourth year . |
| 14 | I was reminding him when I said I 'd come with you . |
| 15 | ‘ When I said I 'd help you in any way I could I did n't expect you to turn into Torquemada ! ’ she said bitterly . |
| 16 | But the doctor said that when I recovered I would have to practise less and go out more often . |
| 17 | Another door , Harry had said , down by the river 's edge : and in fact , when I looked I could see it , a once-painted slab of wood set in brickwork , its bottom edge barely six inches above the water . |
| 18 | when I started I would think . |
| 19 | ‘ The big turning point was against Norway , when I proved I could go for 90 minutes . |
| 20 | He had returned from Addis Ababa two days before , apparently cured , but his throat had now flared up again and when I arrived he could hardly speak . |
| 21 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 22 | I believe the magazine was read quite widely even by some of our hierarchy , and sometimes I felt obliged to censor the odd more outspoken word when I considered it might cause trouble . |
| 23 | One of the few occasions when she had been really cross with me had been when I suggested he might have been wiser to make some sort of provision for his wife and son . |
| 24 | " Only the house which I bought when I suggested you should leave the Community . |
| 25 | But when I found you 'd run away from me again , it nearly sent me crazy . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I wondered what exactly was going on when I found I could n't get into my own garage because of a great red car parked in the way . ’ |
| 27 | Most of the living accommodation at Low Birk Hatt faces north and I always thought that when I moved I would definitely have a south-facing house . |