Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 2 | As I have never been in the habit of working at my easel every morning from 8 am , I only feel inclined to work when something stirs me in some way . |
| 3 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 4 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 5 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 6 | Cable TV will offer a wide choice of channels and the possibility of calling up what we want when we want it . |
| 7 | ‘ As a customer ourselves , we 're finding that the specification of raw material requirements , defining what we want when we want it , plays an increasingly important part in our whole quality approach . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ As a customer ourselves , we 're finding that the specification of raw material requirements , defining what we want when we want it , plays an increasingly important part in our whole quality approach . ’ |
| 9 | Now that 's what you want when someone rings you up is n't it ? |
| 10 | Your own notes are personal to you and ordered by you so that it is relatively easy to find the material you want when you want it . |
| 11 | Combining the benefits of a budget account with a borrowing facility , the Revolving Budget Account helps to tackle unexpected bills and allows you to buy what you want when you want it without having to set up further loan arrangements . |
| 12 | Your body is supplied with the oxygen it needs when it needs it to burn in its fuel mixture . |
| 13 | Eva admits she " may have been a bit impetuous in those early days " , but she was always willing to learn , and apologise when she realised she had overstepped the mark . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 15 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 16 | Harry Burrows rode round his house on Midsummer Eve in a white sheet pretending to be a ghost , we nearly died laughing when he told us — ’ |
| 17 | He was laughing when he said it . |
| 18 | He presented the music box , which was received with every expression of pleasure by Isobel , and the monkey to Dorothy , who could not help laughing when she saw it , because it was so typical of a craze for stuffed animals amongst the girls she had met in Tollemarche . |
| 19 | it grips when you push it on |
| 20 | But why did people snigger when I told them what my father did ? |
| 21 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
| 22 | Earlier , Alex Aitken , of the Conservative Collegiate Forum , was loudly applauded when he said it was ‘ intolerable ’ that taxpayers should have to fund the left-wing propaganda of the NUS . |
| 23 | ‘ Come on , lazybones , it 's nearly dinner-time , ’ Otley scolded when he brought me some tea up . |
| 24 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 25 | ‘ Then how come when we pulled her from her suit I found a folder full of Alex Bannen 's notes stashed away inside the sleeve ? ’ |
| 26 | My boots and feet were smouldering when they found me . |
| 27 | They began to scream when they saw me , and their mother fainted . |
| 28 | Her inimitable use of rhythm caught many a class member on the wrong foot , but how spirits lifted when we got it right , and the ultimate but awful joy was being chosen to demonstrate . |
| 29 | Helping herself to what looked like a gin and tonic — and was a very strong one , she found when she tasted it — as well as a tiny chicken and mushroom vol-au-vent , she was about to make a beeline for an unoccupied chair in the corner when a stranger spoke beside her . |
| 30 | But somehow she doubted it ; she was certain her interest in him would have vanished when she discovered he had no money . |