Example sentences of "[adj] when i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With large numbers this can cause even worse handling and registration problems than for paper , and even , perhaps , extra complications if a disk turns out to be corrupt ( ‘ It was OK when I handed it in . ’ ) |
| 2 | It got broken when I dropped everything last night . |
| 3 | The overall effect from the picture was that if you got any closer you would be engulfed in fire ; I was staggered when I saw it . |
| 4 | No , no yo yo i is n't it funny when I thought it is a fault , one of them discarded the right ? |
| 5 | I wrote it on orange paper in blue ink and it all went horribly wrong when I photocopied it so I 've put an agenda on there right . |
| 6 | Seems I was wrong when I said there were just two common ways of arranging fuel and water tanks . |
| 7 | So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle . |
| 8 | Newman himself recounts what transpired : ‘ The scene went something like this when I demanded her presence in my office : |
| 9 | ‘ You were n't like this when I married you . |
| 10 | We could find no cause for this when I regressed him to an earlier period in this life and so I went on to regress him to what appeared to be a previous life . |
| 11 | ‘ It was like this when I bought it . |
| 12 | this was like this when I bought it off you |
| 13 | Were you afraid when I left you alone with Mason ? ’ |
| 14 | Oh I thought that were light when I picked it up then that was quick . |
| 15 | The place was almost derelict when I bought it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It looked pretty derelict when I bought it but the quality of materials and craftsmanship in those days was superb and I was able to restore it back to its original condition , apart from a few new components . ’ |
| 17 | I see now why you were so evasive when I said I had n't power of attorney . ’ |
| 18 | Well she go Hilda got a baby boy about eighteen month old when I knew her like you know , and er she lived by I think it was I think it was you know and er what happened to her I be I think she had to go in a home or er you see and er baby boy was adopted like , the baby boy that 's about all I know about her that 's about all . |
| 19 | I was twelve years old when I started my periods . |
| 20 | I , I am a single parent and I was over forty when I had my one and only son now the father walked out but I never deprived my son of knowing who is father was or what he was . |
| 21 | The pool that had been so jarringly empty when I took my premeditated dive into it with Terry , I fell into with Toby and found it full of champagne . |
| 22 | The ash tray was getting crowded when I decided there was no percentage in doing any more worrying for a while . |
| 23 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 24 | ‘ It was dark when I saw him , ’ said the boy unwillingly . |
| 25 | It was almost dark when I found it and it was not until I arrived home that I could see its lovely design . |
| 26 | And my answer always was that I could not expect too much when I expected nothing at all for I never thought that anyone whom I could love , would stoop to love ME . |
| 27 | I did not hope for very much when I began my Alexander lessons , because of my past experiences . |
| 28 | I feared as much when I saw him this morning . " |
| 29 | He nearly had a coronary when I told him you were a fuel technician with IMP ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You were serious when I told you you had inherited a fortune . |