Example sentences of "when [pers pn] left [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been in touch with the undertaker and when I left they were arguing about the funeral . ’ |
| 2 | When I left he was gazing about disconsolately , still trying to get the idea . |
| 3 | He never found anything ; when I left he was waiting for a new pair to be brought up from Auckland , and wondering if the insurance company would cough up . |
| 4 | ‘ When I left it was open ended so that if things did not work out for me I could go back to playing Charlene . |
| 5 | The assistant manager said when she left she was drivin' it herself . ’ |
| 6 | When she left I was free to stay and paint as I pleased . |
| 7 | When they left it was clouding over and beginning to drizzle . |
| 8 | So he simply made a convincing artificial one to hide his miniaturized booty , and the Vadinamia 's missed it — because when he left he was just the same as when he arrived . |