Example sentences of "when i [verb] old " in BNC.

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1 Yes yes yes when when when I grew older , of course it took all the men When er you know one would b the the whole lot would be going together you know .
2 Thus a migrant son from a Scottish island croft answers his parents ' call : ‘ when I grew old , I had to come home to be with them . ’
3 When I get older I 'm going to have gold teeth like Peter — I reckon they look real good .
4 I do n't know what I shall have to share with mine when I get older ?
5 Er , there must be a worry in a lot of people , single people 's minds what happens to me when I get older and in ill-health , how will I cope ?
6 Whereas not I will do things like that when I get older .
7 He did n't like children and when I got older I stopped going .
8 So when I got older and wiser I thought I 'll give that a go and I 've enjoyed it ever since .
9 I found it all very boring , especially when I got older , but kept my thoughts to myself .
10 But when I got older , well I was getting the same pay as the regular men then .
11 When I got older he left me alone and started on my younger sisters . ’
12 When I got old enough I used to add my own bits to the story — it was sort of a game we played — an escape .
13 The door had a black painted cast-iron knocker , brass numbers and handle that were polished each week , and when I became old enough to be trusted with this job , I felt very grown up .
14 And when I say old , that was designed and developed in nineteen thirty five in the States .
15 When I visited old Andrew last week , he was feeling down .
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