Example sentences of "but when [pron] got [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But when they got to the bottom of the Grove they were scared a little . |
| 2 | But when we got to the studio , the first thing we saw were all these picture frames suspended from the ceiling — we just looked at each other and burst out laughing . |
| 3 | But when it got to my last week I just thought stuff it , I 'm going to give it my best shot . |
| 4 | But when it got to lunchtime today it 's been quite . |
| 5 | But when I got to be twenty-one , I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years . |
| 6 | I did n't really understand then but when I got to about five my mum and dad told me . |
| 7 | I fell in love with snooker when I was about fourteen , but when I got to about sixteen or seventeen , I started travelling around and playing in junior competitions and realized that I was very good . |
| 8 | But when I got to the window and looked out , there was nothing there ! |
| 9 | I really feel she said , I hope that we can sort something out , but the next morning of course I was first on the list I had my formal interview , mine was half past nine , but when I got in there Sue , and Steve which was gon na be the head manager and this girl from erm Princess Marina who was gon na be the nurse |
| 10 | ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten . |
| 11 | But when you got to the options , now |
| 12 | When he set out today it had been his intention to make for the hills bordering the Golden Valley , but when he got through Blakemere the sweat was dripping from his chin and the sight of a stream tinkling its way not three yards from the road automatically brought his legs off the pedals . |
| 13 | Fay : ‘ Mr Potts , he was ever such a laugh : but when he got in a temper he used to really shout and nobody took any notice . ’ |
| 14 | She sang , she danced , but when she got onto her swing , all the men stood up . |
| 15 | Nutty rode on hopefully , but when she got to the gate Mrs Smith was backing out in a large yellow Range Rover and glared at having to give way to a mere equestrian . |
| 16 | She had recently been knitting double jacquard , but when she got to the very top of a sleeve , she had a little disaster and dropped the lot ! |
| 17 | But when she got to prison all her mates were telling her , ‘ No , no , you do n't talk to a prisoner like that , you talk to her sharp . ’ |
| 18 | For example — I feel disgusted and ashamed — I took my little girl down to my mum 's and I swear to God I remember dressing her — it was winter — but when she got to my mum 's house I took her out of the buggy and all she had on was her nappy and her socks and a blanket wrapped round her . |
| 19 | But when she got to the flat she found it ransacked . |
| 20 | She hurried after him to apologise , but when she got to the salon he was not there . |
| 21 | But when she got to Auckland , when she found herself alone with Damian for three days and three nights … what would she think of then ? |
| 22 | His wife Ina , 64 , said she heard a scuffle going on outside , but when she got to the door the two youths had already fled . |
| 23 | But when she got into the car at five , ready for the fifteen-mile drive across London , it would n't start . |