Example sentences of "when [pron] [noun sg] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When my friend told me about you , I was looking forward to meeting you .
2 ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’
3 There were 23 other pairs — all younger and all seeming to possess the speed of Linford Christie around the court — and , when my partner greeted me with the news that he had been undergoing physiotherapy for a dodgy back all week , I felt that our interest would be peripheral , to say the least .
4 When my jealousy put me upon such a vindictive conduct to you I took a bond for the money I had caused you to be troubled for .
5 I laughed when my mother told me of the entire postnatal fortnight spent in the maternity hospital , with bedpans and blanket baths and fierce ward sisters who wagged fingers at you if you as much as stuck a big toe over the side of the bed .
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