Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 2 | I could not like him , in fact my whole body trembled with disgust when he touched me , but I had to protect him . |
| 3 | ‘ I was off my rocker when she let me out . |
| 4 | Maybe you 'll change your mind when you know me better . " |
| 5 | Margaret was nearly out of her mind when she asked me to come out here to look for you , but that 's all in the past now . |
| 6 | They will come to the window when they see me to request food — but not to those of my friends who are unknown to them . |
| 7 | ‘ I found out later , in the pub when they paid me off . |
| 8 | I can work while she 's at school , and be at home when she needs me . |
| 9 | I felt such a fool when he picked me up like that . |
| 10 | " They were very polite while I was here with them , but they must have boiled and fumed with indignation when they left me , " he said , chuckling . |
| 11 | ‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer . |
| 12 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 13 | As I understand it , you were continuing the same metaphor when you told me that you wanted me to be a kind of groundsman . |
| 14 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 15 | But the story goes way off-beam when it says I was the guy started the shooting . |
| 16 | Once , middle-class muesli-belt dinner party guests would choke on their chardonnay when they learned I wrote for the Sun . |
| 17 | Allison later told Mark : ‘ My first reaction when you told me about your work was to withdraw , and let you have all the credit , but that would have been Quixotic . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
| 19 | The old man answered my knock and his big face split into a delighted grin when he saw me . |
| 20 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 21 | I can even compare them with nationally agreed criteria and say how well they have done , and grade them against each other when they leave me , if I must . |
| 22 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 23 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 24 | Gillian , for example , she changed her name when she married me . |
| 25 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 26 | MR K. Bailey , of Shipley , West Yorkshire , had music running through his head when he sent me a ‘ well done ’ letter , for he attached a verse he 'd composed especially to mark my 40th anniversary and he told me to sing his words to an old song named Marjie … |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ Are you a respectable woman ? ’ quickly interpolated the magistrate when I said I wished to remain . |
| 29 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 30 | In any event , I have no recollection of ever having had any differences with her except on one occasion when she telephoned me to make a request with which I was unable to comply . |