Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 2 | I was just packing up my medical papers when I got a call to Ward 16 , now also a reception ward . |
| 3 | That is when I got a real bee in my bonnet about British restaurants . |
| 4 | I had n't been back longer than ten minutes when I got a sledgehammer through my street door . |
| 5 | ‘ The first I learned of either the debt or the judgement was when I got a letter about it this week . |
| 6 | There are times when you can feel successful when you 've done virtually nothing — I remember when I became a radio actor , and I was pushing my motor bike , which had run out of petrol , up the main street in Cardiff , and I felt that I was a great star , and was very pleased with myself . |
| 7 | It started on a Friday night in November when I felt a bit odd , so I took a paracetamol and went to bed with a hot-water bottle . |
| 8 | I had gone perhaps fifty yards when I felt a bullet sing past my ear and heard the crack of a rifle-shot behind me . |
| 9 | I was recently down at my local stationers looking for the projector pens when I spotted a pack of ‘ Berol Washable Juniors ’ . |
| 10 | Some days when I attend a day meeting I can start at 5am and finish at 9pm including travel . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's when I thought a little research might be in order . |
| 12 | Sometimes , when I made a move towards the cottage door , as if to leave on some errand , he called me back . |
| 13 | The bastard knew when I took a drink . |
| 14 | For example , I had the privilege of visiting Australia last week , when I met a good friend of the hon. Member for Newham , North-East . |
| 15 | You know when I , when I change a nappy ? |
| 16 | Still , sometimes when I saw a camera lifted to a scene I would like to have shared back home , I felt a twinge of loss and was suddenly conscious of my idle hands , like someone who has recently given up smoking . |
| 17 | I was about to take off my load and leave the heap of pine-needles for someone else to find in the morning when I saw a figure approaching in the distance . |
| 18 | One day , minding my own business as usual , I was walking down a busy main road in the afternoon when I saw a helmeted security guard standing outside a doorway . |
| 19 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 20 | ‘ The idea came to me during September 1991 when I saw a pile of waste paper being loaded into a contractor 's vehicle at the back of 36 St Andrew Square . |
| 21 | It was only when I saw a magazine produced by his students ' class that I relaxed . |
| 22 | I sat there imagining all the pretty clothes I would have when I married a rich husband , but then Mary appeared with the assistant . |
| 23 | I ate three small carrots and was half-way through a can of sardines when I noticed a sea shell in the sand almost beneath me . |
| 24 | On January 10th this year , I went as usual to turn on the aquarium lights when I noticed a female Shanny — now a light beige colour with a very bright green patch on the top of her head — inside the male 's cave , laying eggs on the underside of a flat rock , next to the existing eggs . |
| 25 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 26 | I knelt at once to pray and prayed most dutifully till morning when I expected a letter telling me Oreste had been taken . |
| 27 | I can recall an incident early one September when I had a net carried away on to a hedge . |
| 28 | One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . |
| 29 | She came as night-nurse on the second of May when I had a bad attack of sciatica and left on the fourteenth of June . |
| 30 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |