Example sentences of "[noun sg] when i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word .
2 In future when I land at anything other than properly documented airfields I will ask the question : Are there any other runways or strips that look like runways in the vicinity that could be mistaken for the active runway ?
3 I shall also ensure that , in future when I land on unlicensed fields , I land as short and slow as possible .
4 I had already negotiated my free transfer as part of the deal when I came from Celtic . ’
5 She had told neighbours : ‘ We were all watching television in a back bedroom when I went to the toilet .
6 I feel my face is still pinched with disgust when I look at my feet .
7 It all came to light when I travelled from Bradford to London to take part in a television programme about multiculturalism .
8 Now , I do n't really want to talk about the details of that now , I want to come back to that next term when I talk about incest .
9 ‘ So it 's all a bonus when I think of where my head was two years ago .
10 I got on the vehicle but the driver had not long been in fourth gear when I came to my senses .
11 My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib .
12 you 're always having a fag when I pull into a petrol station
13 I 'll get boozed out of my mind when I get to In Sha-la-la [ Mick 's name for In Salah ] . ’
14 Happiness was not the first quality to come to my mind when I thought of Jennifer and Christopher .
15 co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for .
16 He said : ‘ It never crossed my mind when I moved to London that Ballymena would lose their Division One status .
17 It was renewed after one month and was still in force when I left in December 1983 .
18 Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed .
19 With this tackle , the bream suck the bait right in and have it deep in the mouth when I lift into them .
20 And er we had er a very fine teacher then when er I can look back in pleasure when I went to school .
21 ‘ I never wear a swimsuit when I go to St Tropez , ’ she said a little petulantly .
22 I was not a Theosophist when I arrived in Sydney .
23 tent dress down the aisle When I look at
24 I had a split second of panic when I came into the office and saw her sitting quietly behind her desk , studying her image in her hand-mirror and conscientiously patting a stray red-gold hair into place .
25 Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career .
26 And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side .
27 ‘ I told you about the Carnival when I replied to your last letter .
28 I will use my strength to guarantee you and , in return , you must follow my lead with regard to other powers , and give me support and assistance when I call upon it …
29 I was only a little girl when I went to my first funeral .
30 I had first seen her in the desert when I went for my first ‘ bedu ’ breakfast and the prospective bridegroom 's brother had played fox in the hen coop .
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