Example sentences of "[vb pp] when i [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our plans were dashed when I learned that another British company , GKN , had already signed a deal with Unimation . |
| 2 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 3 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 4 | Deee-Lite seem a little offended when I ask whether they were n't worried whether the DJs would n't like their new songs . |
| 5 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 6 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |