Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got to the classroom , I found there were only about six students in the class , and we chatted idly until the lecturer arrived . |
| 2 | When I got to the part of your letter about masturbation , I went to my room and masturbated . |
| 3 | When I got to the first rehearsal she announced , ‘ You 're all going to be in the Command Performance . ’ |
| 4 | I can not say that my school days were particularly happy ones and I was not sorry to leave when I got to the official leaving age , which was fourteen in those days . |
| 5 | When I got to the house Ted was singing a pub song and he practically bundled me into a cupboard to discuss his favourite subject — Dad . |
| 6 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
| 7 | But I was okay when I got to the first tee . ’ |
| 8 | Michelle added : ‘ She looked a bit of a sight when I got to the station but she 's always trying on my clothes . |
| 9 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 10 | And when I got to the clinic everyone was in a mess because half the domestic staff had disappeared , walked out without a word . |
| 11 | I collected what I needed , and when I got to the counter I found that she and her neighbours were discussing the train accident . |
| 12 | ‘ So where were you when I got to the house ? |
| 13 | When I got to the part about my head she tut-tutted . |
| 14 | But when I got to the window and looked out , there was nothing there ! |
| 15 | When I got to the house , I found a far more relaxed atmosphere than at Holloway . |
| 16 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 17 | They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me . |
| 18 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 19 | So I hung around in the sun a couple of hours and when I got to the station there 's a car in the car-park with the old guy in the back , and he has friends . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I was furious when I got to the hotel that morning to find you 'd already left . |
| 21 | When I got to the spot , I groped beneath the water to try and find him and drag him up , but could feel nothing . |
| 22 | When I got to the airport I froze . |
| 23 | According to Gawley , Dunlop had agreed to make alterations to the gear box immediately after the North West race but he added : ‘ When I got to the pits at the North West immediately after the 125 class had been run off , I saw the bike lying there with no-one attending to it . |
| 24 | Anyway , when I got to the cafe where we were supposed to meet there 's no sign of her ! |
| 25 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 26 | A five I do n't count , I only count the ends when I got to the point where I could n't go any further . |
| 27 | ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing … |
| 28 | When I wrote to the Department of the Environment , the reply was that this was the Lord Chancellor 's responsibility . |
| 29 | Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . |
| 30 | When I returned to the drawing room , a clergyman was talking about the hardships being suffered by children in Berlin . |