Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance when in a dream she was conducted by me over a market garden in Aegina , one could guess that she had been reading Angus Wilson 's The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot , in which a market garden figures ; or when I dreamed of a detective novel by her , with a detective bearing her own name and very uncharacteristically dressed there were signs of my addiction to the detective novels of Gladys Mitchell . |
| 2 | When I speak of ‘ seeing ’ or ‘ showing ’ a truth which becomes ‘ apparent ’ , of ‘ lucid ’ , ‘ clear ’ or ‘ obscure ’ ideas , of ‘ points of view ’ or ‘ aspects of a situation ’ , of ‘ shedding light ’ on a matter or ‘ being in the dark ’ about it , my language becomes more and more plainly metaphorical . |
| 3 | In contrast to the position taken by Meillassoux above , when I speak of ‘ constraint ’ my interest is with the overt institutionalization and effects of intentional physical constraint . |
| 4 | ( When I speak of the value of the whole , I mean what Moore calls its value on the whole , that is the values of its parts plus its value as a whole . ) |
| 5 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 6 | I find it tragic when I hear of a couple where one knows the other is dying , but neither can bear to talk about it . |
| 7 | When I write of consciousness I shall mean what is often called self-consciousness , rather than awareness of sensations or perceptions . |
| 8 | How this can be done I have tried to elucidate when I wrote of hostility and anger , the depressive and schizoid positions . |
| 9 | My curiosity was first aroused some ten years ago when I heard of something being called the ‘ Freshwater Moray Eel ’ . |
| 10 | And I became interested when I heard of your interest in polio . |
| 11 | It struck me as incongruous when I heard of a parish church , in a commuter town south of London , which was to enact a nativity play . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , Ellen , ’ she said , ‘ I cried bitterly when I heard of Catherine 's death , you know . |
| 13 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 14 | I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing . |
| 15 | Mr Wareing said : ‘ I was outraged when I heard of the decision to condemn this poor fellow who earns £28 a day and is bereft of a bowler , which I think coloured the views of the Jockey Club . ’ |
| 16 | Bob Wareing , MP for Liverpool West Derby said : ‘ I was outraged when I heard of the decision to condemn this poor fellow who earns £28 a day and is bereft of a bowler which I think coloured the views of the Jockey Club . ’ |
| 17 | I , I was surprised when I heard of sort of the things that had happened . |
| 18 | Already this freedom has benefited him , and when I know of the good I have done him , I feel that freedom is the only way to greater purity … |
| 19 | All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station . |
| 20 | How could I not be when I thought of Mum Lying there in that bed day after day , completely wrecked by Dad having run off with another woman ? |
| 21 | That really made me smile when I thought of this rock'n'roll preamp being used in that situation . |
| 22 | Even though I could now visualize a cell or a room , and a man chained to a wall , trying to occupy his mind and keep his fears at bay , when I thought of John it was like thinking of him lost in an abstract painting which I did n't understand . |
| 23 | Happiness was not the first quality to come to my mind when I thought of Jennifer and Christopher . |
| 24 | I could do it when I thought of you in your house waiting to hear it all at my next visit . |
| 25 | When I tired of writing press releases on new lube concepts I left Wartberg 's valve business to go to the Angstrom Corporation , where I worked on the launch of a new biscuit , the Pink Finger . |
| 26 | I was engaged in enquiry into the matter when I learnt of the attack upon her sister . |
| 27 | When I fink of all that time 'e jus ' sat at the front door wiv 'is 'ead in 'is 'ands , I shudder . |
| 28 | ‘ My word , what interest I kindled when I spoke of the hospital at Christmas . |
| 29 | ‘ When I spoke of your circumstances , it was only in the belief that I might understand your plight . |
| 30 | And when I daydream of its beauty I think , too , of the people I met on Koraloona , of Doc Reid , the eccentric , wayward medic who first taught me about the island ; Bill Robins , the captain of the Mantela when our ship was attacked , and who before that was to become my first real friend ; Jason Purvis , the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame ; Paula Reece , the beautiful American with cold , appraising eyes who so loved the island — and several of its free and happy inhabitants . |