Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 2 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 3 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 4 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 5 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 6 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 7 | That 's what I said to her when she said it the other day I said how old are you Mrs ? |
| 8 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 9 | Right , which is what we got when we did it the other way . |
| 10 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 11 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 12 | They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien . |
| 13 | The 499-member Congress held its constituent session on March 11-12 , when it declared itself the constitutional representative of the Estonian people and passed resolutions calling for restoration of Estonia 's independent statehood and the withdrawal of Soviet troops stationed in the republic . |
| 14 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 15 | All the same it was hard to restrain her pleasure when he called her the following evening . |