Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whenever I try to lead a normal life , like anyone else of my age , he comes along with another job and more work . |
| 2 | whenever I try to like start a conversation |
| 3 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 4 | Whenever I turn to try and get out of the cage , someone is offended or upset , says I 'm defying them or humiliating them . |
| 5 | Whenever I go to see him , he is vivified by his connection with so many passive consumers ; their purse-mouths suck greedily at his psychic account . |
| 6 | Whenever I said thank you , she told me she had n't done anything . |
| 7 | Whenever I seemed to advance towards him , my steps deviated in some way . |
| 8 | ‘ I use the Hollower whenever I wish to cross a threshold … ’ |
| 9 | I think they 're quite abrupt and rude whenever I 've phoned them up . |
| 10 | I know that whenever I 've tried to put paint on any cars that we 've ever had , it 's never looked right has it ? |
| 11 | Whenever I 've enthused to practitioners about the advantages of LM 's they 've always expressed confusion about the procedures involved and in particular the complications that they see in using teaspoons , tablespoons and glasses . |
| 12 | Whenever I 've needed them they always get here right away ’ ( FN 5/10/87 , p. 22 ) . |
| 13 | well whenever I 've had this |
| 14 | For years whenever I 've got out of bed in the middle of the night — about whatever pursuit you get out of bed in the night for — my right ankle has made cracking noises , like kindling being snapped . |
| 15 | Other people seem to complain about their hangers multiplying whenever I 've got hangers disappear . |
| 16 | On the subject of home improvements , why is it that whenever I attempt to carry out a simple repair job at home it always seems to cause big problems ? |
| 17 | ‘ Whenever I 'd played their records I 'd be dancing around me room , and to dance onstage to the music you like is just f—ing awesome . |
| 18 | He answered at once , ‘ Whenever I 'd found the hole in the floor . |
| 19 | I remarked on the truculence , boorishness and dishonesty which I had encountered , routinely , in the hotel and in restaurants ; indeed , whenever I had had dealings with anyone in a public capacity . |
| 20 | I was an insatiable reader , and whenever I did visit Father at one of his shops , I invariably managed to wheedle a couple of batteries out of him — so that I could read in bed under the bedclothes . |
| 21 | Whenever I did succeed in preparing a family meal , I insisted that everyone eat whatever was placed on her/his plate . |
| 22 | In the event , whenever I did try to grow it , it ended up looking like Jimi Hendrix 's . |
| 23 | Whenever I have met him since , he has invariably reminded me that I taught him about the business ! |
| 24 | You may want to make the nice gesture , which was made to me when I first moved into a flat and I have repeated myself whenever I have moved , of leaving a plant or a box of chocolates and a note wishing the next occupants a happy life in your former home . |
| 25 | The two rivers are very different to look at , or at least they have been whenever I have seen them . |
| 26 | Whenever I have argued this point with other anglers they inevitably say that all you need to do is use a long link and a short hook-length when link-legering to obtain the same effect . |
| 27 | ‘ Whenever I have had some sort of public success , ’ he reported in his autobiography , ‘ it has inevitably been followed by a period of personal financial distress and prolonged unemployment . ’ |
| 28 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |
| 29 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 30 | Whenever I want to knit bands of reversed stocking stitch now , I know two ways to do it which are much better than using the garter bar . |