Example sentences of "when i got [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got ashore I stole a small fishing boat and sailed it to the Delta . |
| 2 | When I got past I 'd put my head up again , as if to say , ‘ I do n't care ’ . |
| 3 | When I got upstairs I found Abu Salim , which did nothing for my confidence , |
| 4 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 5 | It was okay painting window frames , but it was n't going to help me get a job when I got outside . |
| 6 | I looked out of the window and it was the back garden of Dr Jane 's house , and when Mrs Pitt came up to serve me and I complained Dr Jane laughed , and it was really Dr Jane all the time and the whole place was horrible and dark and dirty and when I got outside to follow my friends the ones who were usually in the dream there were n't any people and we were in a sort of studio and the village and the inn it was so obvious now I felt a fool for going in and sitting down and expecting to be served was the crudest sort of cardboard stage set like a model for a child 's history lesson and the colours were horrible and it smelt of a sort of horrible glue and — — |
| 7 | When I got indoors Mum was out but Frankie was sitting in her chair by the fire warming his toes on the fender . |
| 8 | When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry . |
| 9 | When I got downstairs I could see the drawing-room light was on so I thought they must still be up , I 'll go and see if they want a snack . |
| 10 | When I got closer I found it to be empty and forgotten ; cattle grazed up to its outer walls , its projecting porch was thick with ivy , its gardens with nettles . |
| 11 | When I got here , I fell over outside and knocked myself out . |
| 12 | That when I got here they would n't be missing anymore . |
| 13 | ‘ But when I got here it was very cold . ’ |
| 14 | and I had , got pick up two so I , I just had to give up , I phoned him up when I got here , apologise , he has n't been in touch with Michael yet , I do n't know why not , er , though why , er sorry |
| 15 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 16 | Must have been in this room when I got here . |
| 17 | I thought she was a friend but when I got here she had changed . |
| 18 | He was reading this when I got here , ’ she went on , holding out the telegram . |
| 19 | When I got here I discovered she did n't live in the town any longer . |
| 20 | ‘ When I got here , ’ he said expressionlessly , ‘ I realised I needed to be in love with more than just a city . |
| 21 | that erm , when I got here , you know , I knew how difficult it was to get fixed up anywhere . |
| 22 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
| 23 | On the seats we 'll call it , on the seats of the rowing boat , I was standing on that and my father said to me when I got aboard , do n't do that no more , he said , cos he say if that paddle , what we call the paddle , come out of that sculling hole , he said you 'll go over the side and the boat will go away from you , he said , you 'll be bloody well drowned , which was right never forgot it never . |
| 24 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 25 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 26 | It started when I got home from hospital after having my baby . |
| 27 | When I got home , my mother 's face was white with shock . |
| 28 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 29 | She got in trouble when I got home . |
| 30 | We did not stop , and when I got home to Banbury it was to hear that my mother had died that day in Cardiff . |