Example sentences of "when i [vb base] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Nothing happens when I turn the key .
2 When I turn the car and drive past the house , on my way to the main road , I can see Susan drawing the curtains in the bedroom , shutting out the street .
3 When I turn the light off , the only thing is , where the switch is
4 I think I 'd been expecting something good when I reach the village — a bed for the night , perhaps — but the place was deserted .
5 I 'm gon na need a pension when I reach the age of sixty , sixty five I recommend that we support this motion and vigorously campaign for pensions for everybody on an equal status .
6 When I reach the passenger window I knock on it .
7 When I reach the end of Jamie 's street I pause at the corner .
8 ‘ 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 ! ’
9 Oh I accept there is obviously concern and I will try and meet that when I introduce a package of measures at the end of November in the normal uprating statement to help those on lowest incomes who are affected by this .
10 When I introduce the film this evening you must say a few words too , ’ I said , and he agreed .
11 Attached to the bottom of the betalite , which is encased in a plastic tube for protection , is a length of braided terylene tied at the other end to my back rod-rest , so that when I strike the indicator pulls off and drops to the ground .
12 When I conduct a symphony or make a film , I have the impression of the complete work in my mind .
13 When I join an organization I do not have a relationship with everyone .
14 I am confident that when I recommend a constituent to see UKIAS he or she will be dealt with in an entirely independent and completely honourable and decent manner .
15 You talk to me only when I ask a question . ’
16 So , for example , when I ask a group of students at the beginning of an interdisciplinary course in women 's writing and the visual arts , to come up with the names of any contemporary women artists , they can rarely mention more than one or two .
17 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 .
18 When I ask the people of the estate what they want from this election some say they want Cheviot to rebuild it and others that it would be better grassed over .
19 . And nine times out of ten when I ask the congregation whether your church is bigger now than it was when it was founded nine times out of ten the congregation say , it is smaller now than when it was founded .
20 Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ?
21 When I display the document I want to use fonts to make the logical objects look different ’ .
22 I mean I l the , the pundit system in this country is absolutely delightful , I mean you do n't need do you , when I mean the economy 's in , in , in reverse and things are going horribly wrong and they wheel on Mr Lawson to explain what he would have done ,
23 Well , of course the guy with the sixty per cent just kept saying , you know , up yours , in the nicest possible way , you know , it may work for you , but why should I do it when I get no benefit from it , and I own sixty per cent of this outfit .
24 When I get a compliment from him it 's nice , because in other ways he 's cool about things .
25 Hopefully when I get a new tank set up , I will have more success in numbers by going by the book .
26 ‘ Perhaps when I get a minute to meself we can have a picnic of our own , ’ he suggested .
27 When I get a case as the duty solicitor I pass it on to the criminal department .
28 When I get a job , I 'll get a fridge . ’
29 And when I get a first-class degree , which I hope to do , I 'll be forgiven because I 'll bring status to the family .
30 And when I get a moment I 'll get down to noting any facts I think could help you .
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