Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 2 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 3 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 4 | I was bathing you , and I fetched a clean nappy , and when I unfolded it the letter dropped out , and we read it . ’ |
| 5 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 6 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
| 7 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 8 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 9 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 10 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 11 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 12 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 13 | I was just silently congratulating myself on tumbling her secret at last when I realized who the man in the photograph was . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you , William , ’ Marie says to me when I give her the tea , and I say ‘ Is there anything else , your Highness ? ’ like we 're king and queen or summat . |
| 15 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
| 16 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
| 17 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
| 18 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 19 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 20 | The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved . |
| 21 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 22 | And then when someone tells you the answer you kick yourself . ’ |
| 23 | He almost had me going , but my Rule of Life No. 14 is that when somebody offers you the chance of a lifetime , they usually mean theirs , not yours . |
| 24 | When you know what the job is and what sort of person you would like to employ your next step is to look in the ideal place for applicants of the right calibre . |
| 25 | Right when you know what the terms are what people are talking about what they mean when they say petrol engine or a diesel engine . |
| 26 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 27 | They put fluorescent material on that stuff you know , so when you wash it the |
| 28 | When you put it the way you put it , I suppose I should have guessed that you had guessed . |
| 29 | You either know this or you do n't and when when you hear what the answer is you 're think , oh yes . |
| 30 | Oh , would n't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest ! |