Example sentences of "but when i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can do it OK if I hang onto the side , but when I let go I just sink . |
| 2 | But when I let go of these weapons , how can I fight for my people ? ’ |
| 3 | Part of me agreed , but when I thought settling with Ellen I 'd get this panic rising from my gut . |
| 4 | I ran the tape back , wanting to listen again to some of Surkov 's improvisation ; but when I pressed to start it there was only a crackling silence . |
| 5 | But when I rung to take it , for them to take it back they had a special offer on and it was twelve weeks for forty pu , pa , you know , were doing it cheap |
| 6 | But when I managed to convert my body into something trim and neat , my personality changed too . |
| 7 | At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove . |
| 8 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 9 | All those years at Sally Carmichael 's dancing classes followed by weight training , then aerobics and , more recently , yoga , means I can still do high kicks and splits and back-bends with no trouble , but when I try to dance — I fall over . |
| 10 | The Porcupine fish in my 48″ × 24″ × 24″ tank is very friendly , but when I try to feed my other fish it simply eats all the food . |
| 11 | no Bev 's flown but when I 've gone up with her |
| 12 | I agree with what you 're saying but when I 've done it before and involved the pupil in such a report I put it on a separate sheet , so that |
| 13 | And they do n't mean when we can afford a bigger house or when we 've had the big-deal holiday , but when I 've risen high enough on the corporate ladder to be able to take six months off without everyone forgetting who the hell I am . |
| 14 | So , I 'm thinking oh it 's hard , when I actually feel it it feels thicker at the end and it does feel better but when I 've washed it , I shall feel all hairy now all afternoon . |
| 15 | But when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect all the pieces that I 've paid for . |
| 16 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 17 | I like to get on with it at home , but when I 've toured I 've been so desperate to do well , so conscious of not getting out , that I become negative . |
| 18 | He ca n't see any harm in it but when I 've found him watching blue movies , I 've felt suicidal . |
| 19 | I 'm going to , well , oh I keep on saying this , but when I 've got all this off my back I 'm going to be quite ruthless ! |
| 20 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 21 | But when I began to fathom the extent of British editorial obedience to America 's New York Times and NBC-TV , I got scared . |
| 22 | But when I come to go back she see me go the Land Rover she 's up the top waiting for me ! |
| 23 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 24 | But when I had recognized his weakness — his desire to join a club called Genius — I knew I had him . |
| 25 | but when I kept ringing , you know , because they generally call here |
| 26 | I was upset , but when I 'd calmed down , I wondered if Roby was right . |
| 27 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 28 | Everyone was amazed when my father left , but when I came to consider it I had been relieved . |
| 29 | This time I left them alone , and stayed in the kitchen with little Hareton , but when I came to warn them that Hindley had returned , I realized that their quarrel had only brought them closer together . |
| 30 | I washed my hands and tried to make my peace with her , but when I went to stroke her she hissed at me . |