Example sentences of "[noun pl] when i [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was recently down at my local stationers looking for the projector pens when I spotted a pack of ‘ Berol Washable Juniors ’ . |
| 2 | Some days when I attend a day meeting I can start at 5am and finish at 9pm including travel . |
| 3 | The fish are fed sparingly once a day and I carry out a 20% water change every ten days when I use a vacuum to clean the top layer of gravel . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In later years Miss Riley had several senior positions in the library , and was appointed head librarian at the Army & Navy Stores when I opened a library there shortly after the way . |
| 6 | One hot after noon I was cycling on a lonely road to a country house where I had two pupils when I heard a plane buzzing rather low over my head . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The times when I see a swing-tip being used on a fast river , with the tip fully straightened , and therefore its usefulness cancelled out , is unbelievable . |
| 9 | I had n't been back longer than ten minutes when I got a sledgehammer through my street door . |
| 10 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may keep your door closed and not answer when I ring the bell , you may refuse to answer my letters or return my calls when I leave a message on your answering machine , but sooner or later we are bound to meet and this time I will not let you fob me off with a smile . |
| 11 | I was just packing up my medical papers when I got a call to Ward 16 , now also a reception ward . |