Example sentences of "[noun sg] when i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mig Romerez did not even recognise a football when I showed him one but his exotic appearance should be enough to impress those bumpkins in ‘ The Tip ’ crowd . |
| 2 | I did n't drive to work , so he would n't recognize my car when I followed him . |
| 3 | But as a preview , this was her reply when I asked her whether the problem was , not whether women needed more education , but that men needed educating about women . |
| 4 | The bag must have slipped off the jeep when I parked it . ’ |
| 5 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
| 6 | My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Ma , silly bugger or not , I can tell a piece when I see her , or smell her , and this one is n't wor Robbie 's type , nor none of our types . |
| 8 | I 'm more satisfied in my mind when I know it 's clean . |
| 9 | Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’ |
| 10 | Boy , am I going to give him a piece of my mind when I see him . |
| 11 | I hate the white substance that oozes from bacon when I cook it . |
| 12 | so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you . |
| 13 | He filched them from my wardrobe when I kicked him out . |
| 14 | But it is worth mentioning what a very experienced and established psychiatrist told me about his work when I interviewed him . |
| 15 | Then this would never have happened , or if it had ( I could n't bring myself to unwish an experience which still washed over me with waves of delight when I remembered it ) at least Toby would have known what he was doing , his eyes would have been open . |
| 16 | Old hands from the music business — usually loquacious if invited to reminisce — were struck by collective amnesia when I asked them about Dury . |
| 17 | It 's just that Hubert was always such a fool when I knew him , and I hoped he might have acquired a little common sense in the meantime . |
| 18 | I shall certainly be following this matter up with the council when I meet it shortly . |
| 19 | AFTER months of enduring the relentless taunts of Robin Cook , my Somerset neighbour William Waldegrave was in remarkably equable mood when I found him washing his car on Friday morning . |
| 20 | ‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer . |
| 21 | Then I tried the new needle supplied with the machine when I bought it many years ago . |
| 22 | ‘ D ’ , my husband , did n't accept me loving another girl when I told him I was a lesbian , but after a while he accepted me as Carla — 100 per cent . |
| 23 | All at once I was gusted along , and really felt : a heartbeat when I saw him , a warmth when he touched me ; I smelt the flowers he bought me and the spicy perfume he put on his skin . |
| 24 | The boy when I saw him was sobbing hysterically . |
| 25 | Heavy , a double handful when I raised it . |
| 26 | ‘ I would really prefer to teach girls , but this school was kind enough to give me a part-time job when I wanted it , so here I am ’ . |
| 27 | It came over a treat on the radio transmitter when I played it back … ’ |
| 28 | I 'll tell Mama when I see her how good you have been to me . |
| 29 | I was quite surprised at his reaction when I informed him of the death of ‘ Egg and chips twice ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |