Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it just look different when you took them off |
| 2 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ ) |
| 4 | PLAYER : We never really got going — it was getting quite interesting when they stopped it . |
| 5 | It got broken when I dropped everything last night . |
| 6 | ‘ And Mrs McD was a bit staggered when we told her he was in Mull . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes . |
| 9 | No , no yo yo i is n't it funny when I thought it is a fault , one of them discarded the right ? |
| 10 | My relationship with Isobel started going wrong when we discovered she could n't have children and started having infertility treatment . |
| 11 | It all went wrong when they discovered something up a gum-tree in Malaysia and called it gutta-percha . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Seems I was wrong when I said there were just two common ways of arranging fuel and water tanks . |
| 14 | So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle . |
| 15 | But he was wrong when he said it had no effect on him . |
| 16 | I was quite embarrassed when we did it two years ago . ’ |
| 17 | I must have looked embarrassed when she handed it over because they both turned their backs while I slipped my old dress off and slipped the new one on . |
| 18 | Rulers and governments might well be willing when it suited their own purposes to overlook the difficulties which precedence , titles and formal procedures in general so often caused . |
| 19 | Were you afraid when I left you alone with Mason ? ’ |
| 20 | But they were afraid when he faced them . |
| 21 | It was light when they reached their destination , a small house some miles outside Stockholm , but his condition was hardly any better . |
| 22 | It was still light when he picked her up , and his appreciative gaze told her that missing her lunch had not been wasted . |
| 23 | Oh I thought that were light when I picked it up then that was quick . |
| 24 | The place was almost derelict when I bought it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | , but was n't it free when you had it ? |
| 27 | ‘ I was doubtful when you told me about sharing your house with two young vets , but now I think you were right . |
| 28 | I see now why you were so evasive when I said I had n't power of attorney . ’ |
| 29 | They were old when they had her . ’ |
| 30 | Ben was eight months old when we had him . |