Example sentences of "i was [vb pp] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows exactly what 's going on , so I was gutted when the manager signed Nigel Spackman to play alongside him . |
| 2 | I 'ad a long stint wiv Galloway an' I was gutted when I got the push an' we 'ad ter get out o' the 'ouse . |
| 3 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 4 | I was tempted when examining these drawings to propose a hypothesis that some of these artists had been attracted to formalism and minimalism because of its supposed neutrality ; the absent author was , after all , without gender . |
| 5 | I realized I was lost when the sky suddenly lightened and I came out into a broad clearing . |
| 6 | From outside it looked like a faded bell but within was a brilliant and sumptuous chamber of fiery gold adorned with most exquisite tapestry , and it moved me as much as I was moved when I saw the dome of the Blue Mosque at Isfahan , the most beautiful building I have ever seen . |
| 7 | I hardly remember what Mrs Girdlestone looked like , other than that she was plump and elderly , and gave an impression of being prepared for battle ; but I was touched when I saw the tea that had been laid out ready for me , imagining the two ladies conferring about the slices of bought ham , the thin bread-and-butter , and the bought cake . |
| 8 | I was touched when my dad told me that every night he stood on the back doorstep and said goodnight to John . |
| 9 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 10 | Of course Matt was regarded as the prize and I suppose I was flattered when he became serious with me — or seemed to . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm grateful that I was born when I was , rather than being a youngster today . |
| 12 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |
| 13 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 14 | My drawing 's enough crap cos I I was buzzed when I was doing that . |
| 15 | I 'd have done better just believing everything I was taught when I was young ! |
| 16 | I mean one of the things I was taught when i my training for work with children , was that erm , it 's alright to use big l long words , for children , as long as you explain to them what the words mean . |
| 17 | Or I might be saying , here 's the sort of silly thing I was taught when I was at kindergarten . |
| 18 | Well that 's the way I was treated when I came home . |
| 19 | I was adopted when my own mother died a few days after I was born . |
| 20 | I was comforted when Matata showed me a Boer war rifle wrapped in rags in the bottom of the canoe . |
| 21 | I must admit I was fascinated when I was standing when they |
| 22 | I was crushed when they lost that election . ’ |
| 23 | I was asked when I mentioned this . |
| 24 | I was asked when I would be collecting it . |
| 25 | Of course , I was devastated when Bogie died . |
| 26 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 27 | I loved Jeanne and I was devastated when she died . |
| 28 | I was told when I first entered this business that a pretty girl is on her way out at 23 and all washed up at 27 . |
| 29 | I was told when I was in my regiment I was told my country , it was n't my country that was what I was told . |
| 30 | that 's what I was told when I come here . |