Example sentences of "[pers pn] when it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reviewed Take a girl like you when it came out , and took pains to convey how much I enjoyed and admired its incendiariness . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ They did harm me , and where were you when it happened ? ’ |
| 3 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 4 | Ingrid and other loyal friends spent long hours burning the midnight oil with her when it came to the final typing . |
| 5 | She expected an angry response , and it rather unnerved her when it did n't come . |
| 6 | The phone startled her when it rang , so engrossed was she , but Rebecca answered it , her voice quickly taking on a distracted note . |
| 7 | It was about six feet from him when it went off , to which distance , and the fact that Peter 's kick had made him roll into the water at the minute of explosion , he owed his mangled survival . |
| 8 | There was , however , an instinct in him when it came to Judith that he 'd never experienced with any other woman . |
| 9 | I just had to tend to him when it got too much for someone who is not that involved in drugs . |
| 10 | She had the right — as no other woman had ever had — to fetch him when it grew late . |
| 11 | Books from Boots Library had small labels in them which , if a reader wanted to buy it when it had finished its circulation life , he could fill in and give to the librarian when he returned it . |
| 12 | I charged at them , yelping encouragement to the wheelbarrow , and patting it when it had done well . |
| 13 | This was an old carriage , but still well capable of performing the task set for it when it had first joined the rolling-stock in the year that Holly had been born . |
| 14 | The gun jumped , but she was n't in front of it when it went off . |
| 15 | I could just er say read it when it went by |
| 16 | Thus , despite all the effort he had devoted to the cause of German unification , he opposed it when it came through the force of Prussian arms and Bismarckian diplomacy . |
| 17 | And I 'm sure a lot of times he had no idea what was going to come out , but he knew there was going to be some sort of feedback or something , so he 'd just play with it when it came . ’ |
| 18 | Comfort agreed and enjoyed it when it came , but the sparkle and fun had been taken out of their conversation by the unfortunate choice of the word ‘ gossip ’ . |
| 19 | He did n't like it when it came . |
| 20 | I looked at him , not really wanting help , but appreciating it when it came . |
| 21 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 22 | It lacked the bypass of Hebon under Pertunda , and Triglaf certainly had the edge on it when it came to a southerly location . |
| 23 | True , he was a vital part of the 2nd Div side but then so were a lot of players who really were n't up to it when it came to Div I. It was , as Wilko realised a totally different ball-game . |
| 24 | I 'm not saying it 's bad , necessarily bad , but I think it has changed something and , and it 's , I , I certainly saw it when it came onto fire stations in the fifties how life changed in the fire station . |
| 25 | So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came . |
| 26 | Rosie lost sight of it when it disappeared behind a cardboard box and she turned her attention back to the door . |
| 27 | Shelley stole a glance at his face , this face that was so familiar , yet she had not recognised it when it belonged to an imaginary man called Miguelito . |
| 28 | He had no experience of deep love , but he recognized it when it struck him hard and unexpectedly . |
| 29 | General , and later President , Eisenhower visited it when it became the American second General Hospital . |
| 30 | I measured it when it died and confirmed it was the correct species by carrying out various ichthyological classification data , such as scale counts and rin ray counts . |