Example sentences of "when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 62 | When I glimpse such a combination my heart beats faster . |
| 63 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 64 | When I can not even remember the names of the women I slept with ? |
| 65 | Always there waiting for me when I go deep enough . |
| 66 | And when I 'm with the other I just feel myself to be a better person . |
| 67 | Fear that when I finally go in and face it , ready to start , the old revulsion will rise up in me again . |
| 68 | Fear that I have only dreamed of moving forward , that when I go in and face it I will see that it is a mistake , not possible , uninteresting . |
| 69 | I knew when I first thought of it , he wrote , when I first set it up , that it was to be the final piece . |
| 70 | Goldberg delighted when I told him about the gauze and the draught , he wrote . |
| 71 | I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object , not painting it . |
| 72 | My recurring thought , he wrote : that the big glass will only start to breathe when I am gone . |
| 73 | I had only seen a wall there before , and now my heart leapt when I saw , through the Bride and the Bachelors , through the Milky Way and the Chariot and the Grinder and the Sieves - someone moving . |
| 74 | When I am not in the room with it , he wrote , it no longer exists . |
| 75 | As always happens , will have mastered it completely just when I have no more use for it . |
| 76 | When I offered to let him finish it he laughed . |
| 77 | When I think about it , he wrote , I find it difficult to remember why I ever embarked on it . |
| 78 | When I sit in the room with it , he wrote , it 's like sitting in a room with a corpse . |
| 79 | I 'll be in touch when I return . |
| 80 | And why do reception staff often ask if I 've stayed with them before when I 'm booked on a regular customer discount ? |
| 81 | ‘ I derive my enjoyment of food from its colour , texture and the combination on the plate when I eat ; so these are the things that I concentrate on when cooking for customers , ’ she explains . |
| 82 | ‘ I used to have the impression that I should feel almost privileged to work at certain big-name establishments when I saw the size of my pay packet , and I never used to know my general manager . |
| 83 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 84 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 85 | When I grow up , I thought , I 'm going to join the Socialist Party and become a spy . |
| 86 | I ran down to meet him , but when I got there I saw that he had narrow eyes and a mean mouth and I did n't like him one bit . |
| 87 | I can run as fast as Magnus when I try . |
| 88 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 89 | A few years back , I bought an old desk at an auction and , when I got it home , found that the drawers had not been emptied by its previous owner . |
| 90 | ‘ I did n't leave no mud when I cleaned the floor yesterday , ’ said Mary . |