Example sentences of "the [noun] when i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I do to the Tokais when I get them is put five springs in the back , take the tremolo arm out and tighten all the screws at the bridge and raise the action . |
| 2 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 3 | Although I 'm aware of the noise when I start it up , I do n't think the neighbours are . ’ |
| 4 | I had just got to the part when I told them ‘ You will have to take the oath of allegiance to … ’ when one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘ Ma'am , the King is dead . ’ |
| 5 | The bag must have slipped off the jeep when I parked it . ’ |
| 6 | so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you . |
| 7 | I shall certainly be following this matter up with the council when I meet it shortly . |
| 8 | Then I tried the new needle supplied with the machine when I bought it many years ago . |
| 9 | The boy when I saw him was sobbing hysterically . |
| 10 | I imagined the whole business of running to the wire , and setting up the ladder a thousand times , but I could never get beyond the point when I set my foot on the bottom rung . |
| 11 | ( Years later , he came down to a jam with The Pistols when I thought we needed a keyboard player . |
| 12 | I was really chuffed because normally with those the fans are ducking in the Shed when I hit them . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you a respectable woman ? ’ quickly interpolated the magistrate when I said I wished to remain . |
| 14 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 15 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 16 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 17 | For what 's is worth , as a motorist , I may tell you I 'm thirty years standing , and I explained to the people when I phoned your office up , I 've had thirty years standing as a driver , I check my oil , I check my water , I lost no compression , no water . |
| 18 | I did n't feel the ground when I hit it . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , I was on the other side of the river when I saw him , and by the time I 'd got round there , he 'd vanished . |
| 20 | And I 've put around today a short paper which has a a graph attached to it which I think adds to the explanation when I draw your attention to . |
| 21 | He said , ‘ I did n't shake you by the hand when I met you . |
| 22 | You were very clear you were an and I do n't think Lynne even adopted a certain authority about the information when I heard her reading it out . |
| 23 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 24 | so that in the end when I sell it again I can put the type in alphabetical ascending order |
| 25 | However , there is evidence to suggest that some women distrusted other methods of birth control , and particularly that of male withdrawal ; not all women could reckon on either being able to ‘ push him out of the way when I think it 's near ’ , or on their husbands ' constant exercise of self-control . |
| 26 | I learned to play in the billiard rooms of the hotels Yorkshire used round the country when I began my cricket career . |
| 27 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 28 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |
| 29 | I was munching a meat pie and reading an early edition of the Standard when I saw them and then only because I happened to glance in the mirror . |
| 30 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |