Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when no-one came in with a firm bid Beck sent a video compilation of all Dublin 's goals to every First Division club . |
| 2 | When everyone moved out of the kitchen into the living-room after lunch , leaving Jannie to put the coffee on , Bob lingered behind with her , savouring the sudden calm . |
| 3 | You hate me when I turn up in the sexy German motor , you hate me when I ca n't turn up at all . |
| 4 | When I ran out of breath I 'd come up for another helping , then duck the head again . |
| 5 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 6 | I gave it one of its earliest tests on my first trip to Coombe Abbey at Coventry , where I had sixty pounds of bream ( weighed ) and only stopped catching when I ran out of groundbait . |
| 7 | When I ran back to the girl , there were a couple of railwaymen on their way to work and another policeman carrying her to the Out-patients . |
| 8 | When I reach out to the big mug of coffee on the table , it is cold , and I wonder how long I 've been asleep . |
| 9 | ‘ I was up in Norwich when I doubled over in agony because the thing had moved inside me . |
| 10 | Everyone was supportive when I dried up on my one and only line and we had to do it again . |
| 11 | My hair sticks to it when I sit up in bed . |
| 12 | The system is called the Arva 8000 and when I get round to absorbing some technical literature on the subject I 'll bring you more news . |
| 13 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 14 | I mean , when I get up in the morning , it takes me four hours before I come to , you 're always so jolly . |
| 15 | There was also what looked like a very perceptive account of how I decide , when I get up in the morning , whether to wear my new shoes or my old ones . |
| 16 | It depends what happens when I get through to that guy in Civitavecchia . |
| 17 | Here 's him — no parents , no roof over his head , on the streets , sleeping God knows where — and here 's me moaning on about waiting sixteen hours for my boy-friend to ring and being terrified that Mummy and Daddy 'll tell me off when I get back to the Nest . |
| 18 | It 's 3 a.m. when I get back to the cottage . |
| 19 | On his last day in New Zealand , in his valedictory address to the press corps , Irish manager Noel Murphy announced that ‘ when I get back to Dublin I will be speaking to the members of the IRFU involved in coaching , like former Irish coaches Syd Millar , Ronnie Dawson and Tom Kiernan , with our director of rugby , George Spotswood , with the various provincial coaches and with the coaches involved here in New Zealand , Ciaran Fitzgerald and Gerry Murphy . |
| 20 | I usually try and time it so I can get it cut when I get back to L.A. |
| 21 | Report back to you when I get back to Vienna . |
| 22 | ‘ If I fail initially in Test cricket , ’ he wrote , ‘ I 'll be relying on the Worcestershire players and Basil D'Oliveira to pick me up when I get back to New Road . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll check on Clare when I get back to London . ’ |
| 24 | Tell 'em — or I 'll tell 'em when I get back to the States — I 'm pulling . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps when I get back to London I 'll invest in a pet , a dog , or maybe a cat , and then I can pour my heart out whenever I want to . ’ |
| 26 | When I get back to the room she is still in bed , lying naked on her belly beneath the sheet . |
| 27 | When I get back to base , bruised and battered , I brace myself for a reception that will make the Day of Judgment look like a Sunday School picnic . |
| 28 | I 'll find it when I get back to school . |
| 29 | Probably yes , but what 's really happening is , you 're watching television and half your mind is taking it in , and the other half of your mind 's thinking , when I get back to work tomorrow , I 'm going to do so-and-so and so-and-so , because , yes , I 'll do , and you 're really chewing over the problems of today . |
| 30 | There 's a pile of papers which I must read when I get back to the hotel , ’ he said , and grimaced . |