Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert .
2 Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine .
3 Is the weather as bad as people keep telling me because it was Okay when I drove in this morning .
4 When I knocked at another door , it was opened by a tall , thin man , with long , dirty hair hanging down to his shoulders .
5 I said an er I said do you think that I was n't a career woman , I said I gave it all up for yo er to have to look after my young babies and then when the babies were no longer young , when I got through that phase of my life I went back and combined looking after a home very adequately , thank you !
6 Now the mix-up we had yesterday , er on a lot of aggro when I got about this dust extract system one line three .
7 I did n't put any lights on , and when I got into this room I was thankful I had n't .
8 No that 's alright then and er I , I got into , I came , came back sort of when mother died , had to come back suddenly in the middle of the week and then erm I brought me family up as I say and , and my hubby he took , he took us Christmas shopping which is twenty one years ago this , this month the sixteenth my daughter-in-law and I and the little boy and that 's the little boy over there that 's now married , the one with the photograph , he took us shopping at Bishop 's Stortford cos we had n't any shops nothing here then , there was nothing when I first came here it was terrible and we went to Bishop 's Stortford and we came home in the , dinner time and I got erm , had our dinner and everything , had our meal , well we had soup and that was gon na cook at night , er you know , dinner at night so we had soup and that and erm he said I go down to the garage to put a tyre on my car , he came struggling back and within half an hour he was dead at fifty six years old that 's all he was , so I was left to bring up those that was n't married , I was left to bring up er the others you know , er I had the twins with me and Roy one of the boys and erm , er Brian the youngest one and I had to bring them up and I , after I , they , they all got married and I moved , before they got married I just got Brian with me the two twins got married , and I moved into my daughter-in-law 's house next door which was no two , seven , five the other side , I 'm sorry , two , seven , five and er I was in my house though three years that four bedroom and I could n't afford to keep you know big house like that going with just three , my , me and my son so we moved into her house and she had the end one which is still in now , we 'd done a swap and then cos er , er in the later years I was in there oh a long , long while and I loved it and I did n't wan na move but then I found , I was handicapped , I would n't get up the stairs to the toilet so I was moved into this bungalow you see and I had a friend living with me and he erm , he come here to live with me , came to lodge with me because he did n't want to go into Stevenage you see and er , after that erm , after that we , I had this bungalow and er I moved into this bungalow and er he moved in here with me and er everything happened when I got in this bungalow .
9 I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over .
10 When I walked into that church hall I was unaware of what was to come next .
11 She looked at me and said that when I walked in this morning .
12 When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys .
13 because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch .
14 I can not give over any of the powers that I , as a Member of Parliament , elected by the citizens of Aldridge-Brownhills — and each of us elected by our respective constituents — was given when I came to this Parliament .
15 But when I came to this country
16 I had no intention of marrying early when I came to this town .
17 It happened because I was pretty vulnerable at the time and when I came across this lady who I felt sorry for I imagined that I would be able to support her and make her happy .
18 I did mine when I came in this morning .
19 There 's one in the window I 'm just gon na have a look , cos I never had noticed when I came in this morning
20 a convertible , with a eyes streaming , it was really hard to see , and clocked his speed at fifty , and er the bloke behind me nearly got hit , because when I went past this bloke I went
21 Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines
22 The next time I used a prostitute was a couple of years later when I went with some friends to Amsterdam .
23 When I went to that stress management course we were told to use physical resources like deep breathing and actually making yourself sit down and making yourself go floppy .
24 When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better .
25 Well the thing is I ca n't handle rum cos when I went to that party Dan had
26 Yeah mm a bit like I say when I went to that dentist surgery at er Leicester
27 Cos they , when I went in that shop it 's , he 'd tell me he had n't , he 'd failed his driving test .
28 and when I went in that lavatory , there 's seven on there , when I went in that lavatory I , I
29 and when I went in that lavatory , there 's seven on there , when I went in that lavatory I , I
30 Erm , it took , it took a week and a half before the fresh foods secretary even spoke to me when I went in this place to do the free appointment , nobody 's told me how I 'm doing , so then what 's the point of doing these things if nobody 's going give you anything , it 's just a waste of time ?
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