Example sentences of "[noun] when i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm gon na give it the big lips when I get in those bars . |
| 2 | I could n't perceive that Upper Gumtree looked any more sleepy than any of the others : his eyes were as bright , and he pricked his ears when I came near him . |
| 3 | Poetry , of course , can never become music , despite the dream of nineteenth century symbolists , since , as Eliot 's Sweeney put it , ‘ I got ta use words when I talk to you . ’ |
| 4 | I was on two bags a day when I went to see me GP and I was on between a quarter and half a gram when I got to the hospital . |
| 5 | I always think of buttercups when I think of this time , for the fever hospital was at the end of a lane with meadows on either side , and these fields were bright with buttercups . |
| 6 | I had to have those three tees when I walked off the 18th . |
| 7 | ‘ There are still so many grey areas when I reflect on that trip , Fernando , ’ she murmured . |
| 8 | ‘ It was just at the end of the First World War when I went into the seminary . |
| 9 | Years later during the war when I went to Central Flying School to get an instructors rating , he once more instructed me and this time got another gong — Air Force Cross — for conduct far and beyond the call of duty , trying a second time to teach me to fly ( or so my mentors claim ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Madeleine , Mrs Appleby is a person , not just a cook ; and in the days when I lived at Maythorpe House , she was enormously kind to me , ’ Harry said . |
| 11 | I remembered others who had died of it : a sister-in-law , a colleague at work in the days when I commuted to London , and two neighbours . |
| 12 | In the days when I travelled in prahus he always went with me . |
| 13 | Noticeable notice that our our growth er , items er six and seven additional enforcement officer er officers for countryside protection , er we can actually like to do that and I 'll just come on to that in a moment when I get to two B but also in terms of growth er this group wants to see ten er whole time fire fighters , additional whole time fire fighters erm we wo n't get better in terms of confidence though fire engine survey this year but we we 'd rather sort of form |
| 14 | In that horrible moment when I looked across the room and realized that poor old Eddy was dead I certainly felt something . |
| 15 | My mind cast back to the winter of last November when I stood on this same platform awaiting the arrival of a new intake . |
| 16 | It was early evening when I got into London 's vehicular scrummage and I had plenty of time to see Toby in hospital . |
| 17 | My master was still asleep , as he had been the previous evening when I returned from my love tryst . |
| 18 | The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter . |
| 19 | Not as good as yesterday evening when I dined on roast chicken , not very well cooked , but certainly much better than this homely fare . |
| 20 | It was one evening when I happened to be valeting him , Mr Charles told me he had come across my father some years earlier while a guest at Loughborough House — the home of Mr John Silvers , the industrialist , where my father served for fifteen years at the height of his career . |
| 21 | ( Once at a committee meeting when I claimed to be the most nostalgic person present where railways are concerned , Russell was quick to put me in my place — second . ) |
| 22 | I had been in constant pain , since my accident , for nearly two years when I stumbled across the Alexander Technique . |
| 23 | that day when I said to her I always remember on one occasion |
| 24 | Now the other day when I rung for appointment |
| 25 | Oh it was the other day when I went in there . |
| 26 | I have a special calendar , and I cross off each day when I go to bed , and then I lie there and think of you . |
| 27 | " The other day when I flew over the palace of the king , " said the buzzard , " I noticed that he has a very beautiful daughter . |
| 28 | Kathleen , absolute brick to the end , has let me keep my season ticket for London so I 've still been able to pop down there during the day when I feel like it — and the rail staff at Colchester have been quite happy to let me have a break in my journey . |
| 29 | I use the excellent Marshall bass combo , rated at 30 watts , every Sunday when I play in the music group that leads the worship in Staines Congregational Church . |
| 30 | I could 'ear 'em both the ovver night when I walked past their winder . |