Example sentences of "and when i [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Tall , but not gigantic ; shorter than I am , in fact , and when I am in France I never find myself towering over people like a Gallic chieftain .
2 ‘ Hide under the table , mademoiselle , and when I am in my room I will bang on the floor and the coast will be clear . ’
3 ‘ I could n't 'elp it , misses , ’ he sobbed , ‘ bigger than me he was , this boy set about me and when I was on the floor he kicked me and took the boots away from me .
4 You went to work by yourself but you had to be taken to the hospital , and when I was on Martin it was right next door .
5 That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off .
6 Either way , I do n't have it , and I have no way of checking , since , as you will recall , your student only did the work when I was n't around , out of hours and when I was on leave .
7 ‘ There is a brilliant atmosphere at the club now and when I was at Forest we did n't have this sort of camaraderie . ’
8 Marjorie does the books ; their son John runs the shop and helps with the coaching ; his wife Janie does the typing , and when I was in the office the lad who brought in the post said ‘ There you are , Grandad ’ and turned out to be John 's son , James .
9 It is Eastern European in origin , and when I was in Hungary it seemed that every back garden was devoted to growing a mixture of dill and poppies .
10 My experience , just to take one example of non-sexist language , and when I was in college in the mid eighties , it was the thing you know .
11 There was quite a few men and made more or less the customers ' requirements and when I was in charge , there was sixteen and they , about in two or three parties , er you know and they 'd make different kinds of locks what was ordered and not particularly er mortice or rim er what the customer required .
12 I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there .
13 I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no
14 And when I 'm with the other I just feel myself to be a better person .
15 I go to various salons and when I 'm in London I get it cut and coloured at Macmillans in Covent Garden — they 're really good .
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