Example sentences of "when [pers pn] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I will never stir from your side , when I am suffered to be near you . |
2 | When I am trying to be stricter than usual with myself , I plan a really busy week so that I am out more than is customary . |
3 | ‘ And he went to the degree of saying , when I pressed him , how are we going to stay in this business ; he said , Albert , for all I know right now when I am talking to you , we could be finished with the business ; I do n't know . ’ |
4 | An when I am talking to meself in poetry I talk , |
5 | The call that particularly mystifies me , when I am subjected to it on journey after journey , is the admonition from catering staff to intending consumers of their junk food to be sure to bring their small change with them . |
6 | Did you get that bit erm , when I was speaking to you about how everybody hates you and stuff ? |
7 | ‘ I always found it very funny when I was referred to as Mr Laura Ashley , especially as I hated my own name , Bernard . ’ |
8 | But Victoria is wondering why I always come with you , when I was employed to be on duty here . ’ |
9 | I was able to recall perfectly quite long sequences of words even when I was exposed to each for little more than twenty milliseconds . |
10 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
11 | I used to wonder what on earth people found to talk about for so long , and on the occasion when I was called to a neighbour 's telephone in Baldersdale , I was so uneasy that someone had to hold it to my ear . |
12 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
13 | That wonderful day ended on a most romantic note when I was taken to a lovely dinner in a large hotel , still wearing my floral dress . |
14 | ‘ When I was coming to Peru , that 's what someone said : ‘ The jungle 's drugs , the mountains are terrorists and the coast 's robbers . ' ’ |
15 | Peter : Why did you go backwards when I was coming to you ? |
16 | During his three years at University College , London , he got work each Christmas with the post office in his home town of Woking : ‘ When I was coming to the end of my university period I sat a civil service examination with possible jobs at the end which included income tax , the secret service and the post office which involved travelling as a management trainee . |
17 | You brought me a hare to eat when I was starving to death . ’ |
18 | When I was introduced to Sandberg as a visiting Canadian journalist , he lifted his shaggy head of white hair and his wrinkled face broke into a smile of welcome - he was always very interested in those from pioneer prairie lands and admired Canadians as a hardy persevering race . |
19 | You do n't wan na be ill cos when I was admitted to the san I nearly died , I tried everything to get out the san and she just would n't |
20 | For instance , when I was promoted to the Football League line , Alan Dawson was on the phone immediately welcoming me . |
21 | ( It was common knowledge when I was drafted to Dartmouth in July , 1944 . ) |
22 | Even when I was going to school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I realised that I was able to get by with just the gigs . |
23 | Well when i was a wee boy the loch had never looked it before the barriers was built When I was going to school Well I was born I started a co school at nineteen eighteen . |
24 | When I was going to school . |
25 | I got to , when I was going to the little school I got told the little ones . |
26 | Erm Mi Michelle when I was going to the bank . |
27 | It had seemed quite clear when I was talking to Aunt Kit . |
28 | When I was talking to Eric anything seemed possible . |
29 | ‘ I glimpsed you out of the corner of my eye when I was talking to the porter . ’ |
30 | With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’ |