Example sentences of "but when i [verb] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when I walked out I saw them standing outside . |
| 2 | In that trance-like state we drift apart , still staring , but when I turn aside it 's as if we snapped a silken cord . |
| 3 | I do not know how long I was asleep , but when I woke up I was cold and wet . |
| 4 | I thought she was a friend but when I got here she had changed . |
| 5 | ‘ But when I got here it was very cold . ’ |
| 6 | I was out but when I got back I tried calling but there was no answer . |
| 7 | But when I got back I did n't have a chance to tell them anything . |
| 8 | But when I got back I had ants in my pants , |
| 9 | Paul did n't drink a lot , but when I got back he was drunk . |
| 10 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
| 11 | I had arranged to meet them at Salima 's house , but when I got there she told me that the other two were at Ruksana 's place . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 14 | It was true for some people , because if you act soft when you go in , they do pick on you , but when I got there I knew how to act from being in Bullwood Hall and other places . |
| 15 | I was going to garden for some active therapy but when I got there I thought better of it . |
| 16 | I went out and bought a remedy , thinking it was an infection , but when I got home I realised that she actually had a piece of red coloured gravel stuck inside her mouth , so that she could n't close it properly . |
| 17 | all them eggs you know , when we went to Alec , when they were selling these trays of eggs , er , we went there with Alec , so I said I 'll have one like , and they were really fresh , but when I got home I got that thing of , from Kwiksave , I got the whole packet , big packet |
| 18 | ‘ But when I came in they were clearly not ready and they were running around for tyres . |
| 19 | But when I came back it all seemed to go away again . |
| 20 | But when I get there I ca n't find no way out . |
| 21 | I pushed them away with a shudder , but when I looked up I saw , lying on a shelf opposite , an infant or Cupid carved in black marble . |
| 22 | But when I looked up I saw I was underneath a car . |
| 23 | But when I go out she 's the only thing I talk about , she 's more important . |
| 24 | I could not believe that such an outburst of violence could happen in Fontanellato , where everybody , including those who belonged to the party , seemed to be more or less on good terms with one another , but when I arrived home I begged my father to be careful and to avoid discussions with anybody except the doctor . |
| 25 | Yeah I keep , when I I I always scrape the vegetables sometimes but when I do though I keep cutting my fingers ! |
| 26 | I imagine he is impressed and that he will invite us for a coffee after , but when I look again he is gone . |