Example sentences of "the [noun sg] when i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother and I were in the kitchen when I saw him and involuntarily said , ‘ My God , he looks as though he 's … ’ |
| 2 | Although I 'm aware of the noise when I start it up , I do n't think the neighbours are . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | The bag must have slipped off the jeep when I parked it . ’ |
| 5 | so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you . |
| 6 | I shall certainly be following this matter up with the council when I meet it shortly . |
| 7 | Then I tried the new needle supplied with the machine when I bought it many years ago . |
| 8 | The boy when I saw him was sobbing hysterically . |
| 9 | I was really chuffed because normally with those the fans are ducking in the Shed when I hit them . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you a respectable woman ? ’ quickly interpolated the magistrate when I said I wished to remain . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I did n't feel the ground when I hit it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He said , ‘ I did n't shake you by the hand when I met you . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | so that in the end when I sell it again I can put the type in alphabetical ascending order |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 21 | ‘ The priest was so preoccupied he did n't see the van and was heading up the ramp when I stopped him . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I was outside the chapel when I heard them … the Empress and my lord Sheriff … |
| 25 | I bought a Volvo estate care from the Oxford Used Car Centre and I had done rather quite high mileage which I sort of did n't really look at the mileage when I bought it . |
| 26 | I prayed to him furiously in the van when I thought I was going to die ( that 's a proof against , I can hear G.P. saying ) . |
| 27 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 28 | Egypt is host to thousands of Sudanese students and workers , and most of them appeared to be assembled outside the gates of the embassy when I found it one morning in a leafy street not far from the Nile . |
| 29 | They were in a bedroom at the left side of the house when I joined them . |