Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own muvver swears worse than me farvver when she gets upset , an' 'e 's a docker . |
| 2 | It broke my heart when I heard , and Nicolo — oh , he was so upset ! |
| 3 | Ronnie , who also learned he is a grandfather , said : ‘ It broke my heart when I read her letter saying she had missed me . ’ |
| 4 | Something permanent happened to my heart when I watched him , a tough street kid , cooing over his offspring . |
| 5 | ‘ You stopped my heart when you took that particular opportunity … ’ |
| 6 | Even worse , you would tell me about new poems you had started to write , and it was like a dagger in my heart when you described working on them without my help — though the real reason you had come back to see me was to labour over them with me , adding my suggestions and excisions in the margins in your minuscule script . |
| 7 | What 's the colour of my hair when I do n't wear Brylcreem ? |
| 8 | And then , you see , it halted where it did because there were some petals and fragments from the blackthorn I had been handling fallen into the spine there , shaken out of my sleeve or my hair when I closed the book . |
| 9 | I finding , I 'm wearing all wool , erm and fur lining , next to my sweat my sweater 's up round my chest when I get home . |
| 10 | Randall , Tim Wilson 's side-kick , was waiting outside my apartment when I hit Woodside . |
| 11 | They were difficult years , and I felt I 'd served my sentence when we parted company . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , that 's what I 'll say in my defence when I get back . |
| 13 | I was standing mouth wide open afraid of what was going to happen next , but I practically jumped out of my skin when he yelled at me ‘ to stop gorpin' an' fill the kettle ’ . |
| 14 | Therefore , I shall consider it and inform you of my decision when you return to this base . ’ |
| 15 | It 's a small , firm lump and seems to slip from my fingers when I try to feel it . |
| 16 | She has go to bad that I worry about my fingers when I carry out water changes . |
| 17 | Although the subject was never directly mentioned , it was subtly intimated in various ways that I was beholden to the Parsons for what was after all a free holiday , and was therefore expected to do rather more than my bit when it came to chauffeuring , chaperoning , shopping and suchlike chores . |
| 18 | Imagine my horror when I found out that the fire had now spread to this building , where my father worked . |
| 19 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 20 | I have had the same trouble now and again , but if I control my jaw when I yawn it does not happen so much . |
| 21 | ‘ She once mended my watch when it went wrong — ’ Malcolm was old-fashioned and liked watches made about ninety years ago in Switzerland by little hunch-backed men . |
| 22 | It was half past two by my watch when I reached the Hamilton house . |
| 23 | I was wearing my watch when I went tae bed . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Does this mean when I go upstairs to bed , I ought to reset my watch when I come down in the morning because it 's got out of step with the clocks downstairs ? ’ |
| 25 | For a long time , I adored him at a distance and could n't believe my luck when he started showing an interest in me . ’ |
| 26 | I dressed in black to reduce the chance of being seen and could n't believe my luck when I found that the house opposite his was unoccupied , with big bushes in the front garden that I could hide behind . |
| 27 | ‘ I just looked at my books when I felt like it . |
| 28 | I wo n't half give him a piece of my mind when we catch him . " |
| 29 | Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water . |
| 30 | ‘ I finally made up my mind when you named the boy after me , ’ said Hilbert . |