Example sentences of "when [pron] [am/are] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , each week when I am at home , I take the car out and do a certain circuit , stopping at various vantage points where I can scan the surrounding area with binoculars or telescope , noting and memorising everything I see . |
| 2 | It is only when I am on leave that you do both , and you can use the jeep then . ’ |
| 3 | Reed disarmingly describes himself as ‘ nearly six feet tall and 13 stones when I 'm at my best ’ , but the banners appeared in force all the same . |
| 4 | Reed disarmingly describes himself as ‘ nearly six feet tall and 13 stones when I 'm at my best ’ , but the banners appeared in force all the same . |
| 5 | That 's when I 'm at work or at home — sometimes I use it at home , not often . |
| 6 | Not when I 'm on watch ? |
| 7 | It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know . |
| 8 | ‘ No , he does n't , ’ Alyssia said in a high voice , ‘ because I 'm not when I 'm with him ! ’ |
| 9 | Bacardi and coke is my only tipple and I do sometimes get through a couple on nights when I 'm in myself , well it 's better than turning to the biscuit barrel is n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ I remember the date and I go to the grave every Thursday when I 'm in England . ’ |
| 11 | In short , whereas there is not the possibility of using an argument from analogy to answer factual questions about time on the Sun , there is the possibility when it comes to people 's feelings , and so , being predisposed by the second reason to think that there is some sort of connection between moaning and the pain-language , we naturally fall into the trap of confusing valid fact-establishing arguments from analogy with invalid meaning-establishing ones , and produce the well-known argument that I am , in general , justified in applying ‘ mental ’ language to other people by the fact that they behave as I do when I 'm in a certain state of mind . |
| 12 | Sometimes when I 'm in a mood I do untold things , I just pick on people . |
| 13 | Lesley says : ‘ My husband is getting very frustrated with trying to talk to me at 9.30 in the evening when I 'm in a heap . |
| 14 | " How come you always know when I 'm in New York and when I go back ? " |
| 15 | However this wo n't quite do either — one can say : ( 84 ) When I 'm in the office , you can come to see me where come glosses as " movement towards the location of the speaker at the time of some other specified event " ( let us call this time reference time ) . |
| 16 | time my mother calls me Melanie is when I 'm in trouble ! |
| 17 | B When I 'm amongst my friends — messin' about , you know , joke about an " have a laugh then you hear all of it come out . |
| 18 | well what we do is that we we all know each-other 's hand- writing so we borrow each-other 's pens and like last night I did all of maths prep and he , we 'll both remember that , and then one night when I 'm like under a lot of pressure to do some prep , he 'll like return the favour |
| 19 | I mean the fact is when you 're over here , how long are you over here for ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well that ’ just the way it is when you 're on smack , Alan . ’ |
| 21 | Well it is n't a lot , really , but I suppose it is when you 're on the gear 'cos you never get round to paying it off . |
| 22 | Erm and you do feel shut in at nights when you 're on your own . |
| 23 | The way to tighten it is when you 're on a beat , just pull it in as the tension is taken by the mainsheet . |
| 24 | Well , you do when you 're on holiday , do n't you ? ’ |
| 25 | You know , you know when you 're on |
| 26 | the worst is when you 're on a carriage which is packed with J F S kids cos they 're like , they 're just lying down |
| 27 | really hate is when you 're on a crowded train and you 're all getting on the train and someone else who 's getting off lights up a cigarette and |
| 28 | The beep in the earpiece is when you 're on the phone , either to somebody within the press , or outside the press , and another call comes through for you from the switchboard , and you 're engaged , obviously , and so they camp onto your extension number , and you receive a beep in the earpiece , now you can speak to these people if you key in R star 1 . |
| 29 | But she 's family as well you see , so she becomes an independent , once she 's married , she becomes an independent then they 're e they expect you to when you 're on income support . |
| 30 | You may find that you need to do this exercise several times a day when you 're under pressure or feel tense . |