Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I studied Logic , we learnt one central truth . |
| 2 | I wanted to be a winner when I played football and I still do as a manager . ’ |
| 3 | When I served Queen and Country , and was Orderly Officer one night , I received a signal marked ‘ TOP SECRET ’ . |
| 4 | The thought uppermost in my mind was that I had always wondered how young horses felt when I knocked wolf teeth out of them . |
| 5 | And then when I got promotion I got promoted to dif district inspector . |
| 6 | I mean , I do find it nice when when I got flu or something , |
| 7 | I started at school in the 1920s , when we were taught how to knit the toe and heel of socks ( very handy in later life ) and I continued to knit later for my children , grandchildren and even a great-grandson until about four years ago when I developed knitter 's thumb ! |
| 8 | Op Wolf -style games are pretty thick on the ground , so when I discovered Predator II was yet another one , I did n't exactly jump for joy . |
| 9 | Another musical diversion was prompted when I saw electricity pylons striding towards , and then alongside , the road , like evenly planted trees . |
| 10 | ‘ But there 's a very seductive love and lushness about the way Reservoir Dogs is filmed , for instance , and when I saw Man Bites Dog the audience just laughed all the way through — it 's a difficult , dark , disturbing film and if that 's what people are finding funny , it 's very worrying . ’ |
| 11 | I burst into tears when I saw Mum , and told her what had happened . |
| 12 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 13 | When I saw Computer Services , I was immediately a bit disappointed . |
| 14 | And there one personal explanation when I saw appendix A as opposed to the information on appendix five under page two |
| 15 | Last time I had been a fool enough to close French doors and knew they were there only frantic moments later , when I saw blood spatter my wrists and hands , like a fly buzzing , like a bird beating against the see-through reality . |
| 16 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |
| 17 | It was therefore not the least bit unnatural that , when I had cancer and started to visualize , I should revert to war games . |
| 18 | Even when I had money in the bank , I would buy cheap and cheerful clothes , books , food and other essentials — and save the rest for a rainy day which never came . |
| 19 | when I had prescription , and er |
| 20 | ‘ Except when I had lunch on the train going up to Leeds for Sissie Steinfeld 's son 's wedding … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I saw my daughter-in-law briefly when I had occasion to go into the library . |
| 22 | When I had occasion to talk to the Home Secretary about this , I asked him about this and he said oh , we want it to be local and I said you mean local not region and he said yes , local and I hope my noble friend who was there will remember that when he comes to decide whether this region things ever going to get a running . |
| 23 | When I had depression I went to a self-help group . |
| 24 | But then when I had Baby , and came back , everybody was telling me , this girl 's got pregnant , that girl 's had an abortion , this girl 's done this , this girl 's done that . |
| 25 | He now ate what I cooked , and went for a drive when I had time . |
| 26 | ‘ In school when I had time to kill . ’ |
| 27 | Aunt Branwell could teach them , and I could help when I had time . |
| 28 | When I had meningitis , I wondered whether I would be able to come back properly . |
| 29 | When I had breath to spare , I shouted , ‘ Why on earth did I come ? |
| 30 | He told me about it when I had dinner with him on the Monday evening . |