Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's when I told her the rest . |
| 2 | We never run out of conversation , although it knocked the wind out of his sails when I told him the news and he suggested I contact a faith-healer friend of his . |
| 3 | They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’ |
| 4 | So I thought I 'd wait a year or two and let people get into the techno thing and get used to being more receptive to what it is , as opposed to what it was in ‘ 86 , when nobody knew what the term was and everybody was scared of technology . |
| 5 | ‘ When a ship sinks , ’ he said , ‘ that 's when you see who the rats are . |
| 6 | The look on their faces is like that on the faces of parents at Christmas time , when they know what the presents are and you do n't . |
| 7 | it wo n't be nice and simple like this it 's when they give you the simple one and say integrate it that it 's hard . |
| 8 | But a few years ago , when they promised us the summer heat would last for months , she had it cut short . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 10 | One incident that has stuck with me was when he played us the Queen of the Night 's aria from The Magic Flute , telling us that it was notoriously difficult for singers as the top note reached ‘ F in alt ’ . |
| 11 | He seems to be cashing in on the goodwill of those who regret the party 's ‘ new start ’ last month when it renamed itself the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) . |