Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 2 | They — the earrings — belonged to my mother , so I value them , and naturally I was very concerned when I realised that I had lost — ’ |
| 3 | It was even worse when I realised that it was more than that . |
| 4 | We 'd just settled him along the back seat when I realised that he would need some money . |
| 5 | If , however , your answer is specific ( e.g. ‘ She has a temper tantrum when I insist that she obeys me , for example when I tell her to eat up her breakfast ’ ) then an effective procedure can be worked out . |
| 6 | George pauses , momentarily confused , when I ask whether they actually like people . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's the same when I ask if he is a romantic . |
| 9 | He looks surprised when I ask if it is difficult to put so much energy into something for which you do n't get paid : ‘ It makes absolutely no difference at all . |
| 10 | And then he got , he got on the bus , it was a Midland Red and it was going to erm , er where , it was going out of town , anyway , and he shook hands with the driver , because I could n't help but , you know , notice what he was doing , and when I got when I was in the shop and getting the bread , the girls in there were telling me that he shook hands with them , because he had just got out of prison , and he was a born again Christian . |
| 11 | I was definitely pleased , but vaguely uneasy when I discovered that he did n't have a black rim around his neck . |
| 12 | Perhaps I fell in love with him then , she thought ; when I discovered that he was a man and not a shining hero . |
| 13 | ‘ And , ’ she went on , ‘ I was compelled to end my engagement to Havvie when I discovered that he did not love me at all … merely wanted Papa 's dollars , and , worse , despised us , all of us , for being rich and vulgar Yankees . |
| 14 | ‘ I was very upset when I discovered that it had gone : it was a terrible shock . |
| 15 | I thought in my ignorance that Lorcomb would be just down the road from Norwich ; when I discovered that it was an hour 's drive I persuaded the colonel to rent me his house . ’ |
| 16 | It was a very sad day for me when I visited Basil in a Harrogate hospital , when I knew that I would , probably , never see him again . |
| 17 | ‘ When I saw that he had drunk it all , I knew he must have felt bad . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ She even took this awful villa , it was offered , it was available ; and when I saw that she was firm about not letting any of her friends come out to stay with her , I decided to stay myself . |
| 20 | When I saw that I wanted to be him , or one of them , or both of them , but anyway I was just so happy to watch them together . |
| 21 | His wife Jean , 70 , said : ‘ When I saw that it was the only laugh I have had since Theo 's death . |
| 22 | Now er w w with every respect , to say that he survived it is something of a crass statement , because I remember reading about him thinking is n't this country getting good that we can have a black guardsman , and I remember my own disappointment when I read that he had to leave the regiment . |
| 23 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 24 | ‘ I actually won quite easily when I expected that I 'd still have a lot to learn , ’ he explains . |
| 25 | And there 's a couple of blokes I need to talk to , old mates who I can trust for a good turn , if and when I hear that you need it . |
| 26 | When I write that I 'll shall have I 'll have plenty to write about you know . |
| 27 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 28 | This is not because I share his criticisms — quite the opposite — but because , like him , I anticipate and relish the prospect of my hon. Friend the Minister replying to the debate , when I hope that he will give a robust rebuttal of the hon. Gentleman 's criticisms . |
| 29 | When I wrote that I would need to know more about you , I was n't thinking in terms of your physical appearance . |
| 30 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |