Example sentences of "but when i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment I thought the heat from the bung-hole might incinerate my brows , but when I squinted beneath an outstretched palm the sight stole my breath . |
| 2 | But when I inquired about this I was told : ‘ they belt the kid later , in private ’ . |
| 3 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 4 | There was a good hotel , too , but when I braked to a halt in front of it and suggested stopping there , Ward shook his head , muttering something about our still having two hundred miles to go and the coastal cordillera of the Andes to cross . |
| 5 | But when I wrote to him it did n't work out ; he was much too polite and too adoring I do n't want to be adored , I want to be used and abused , I want to be treated with contempt . |
| 6 | I had planned an early night , but when I heard about the disco , I decided a visit to the Club 's hairdresser and a night on the dance floor would be much more enjoyable ! |
| 7 | But when I heard about the examination being restored , I just wanted to try . |
| 8 | But when I heard about the murder I wondered just the same thing . ’ |
| 9 | We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . |
| 10 | But when I heard from him that she was ill , I had to ... ’ |
| 11 | I enjoyed thoroughly my half-hour with Sousa for he was the most genial of hosts , but when I asked for confirmation of the Samuel Ostrander story he only smiled broadly , shaking his head . |
| 12 | But when I turn to her and part her thighs I |
| 13 | I fell into an unhappy sleep , but when I woke in the morning , the family had gone . |
| 14 | But when I got to be twenty-one , I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years . |
| 15 | I did n't really understand then but when I got to about five my mum and dad told me . |
| 16 | I fell in love with snooker when I was about fourteen , but when I got to about sixteen or seventeen , I started travelling around and playing in junior competitions and realized that I was very good . |
| 17 | But when I got to the window and looked out , there was nothing there ! |
| 18 | I really feel she said , I hope that we can sort something out , but the next morning of course I was first on the list I had my formal interview , mine was half past nine , but when I got in there Sue , and Steve which was gon na be the head manager and this girl from erm Princess Marina who was gon na be the nurse |
| 19 | ‘ But when I got behind the typewriter I thought , ‘ That ai n't gon na make a very good piece ’ and so I took the piss out of her something rotten . |
| 20 | The epilogue to this evening 's survival devotions was , strange as it may seem , exactly as I should have expected it to turn out , I do not remember when I missed — or at what stage — my flight engineer , but when I returned to camp and was literally wallowing in what the High Master at Command had to say to me . |
| 21 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 22 | But when I put on Love of Colours I could n't lie still . |
| 23 | But when I came into the room , there she was . |
| 24 | But when I came to this country … |
| 25 | I was sitting in the car park and I appreciated the area very much , it was nice , clean area but when I came to Walsall it was smoky and dirty area I 'm sorry to say that and er , but I had no alternative but to stay here because my father was here , I had no money and er , I thought because of relations job prospects might be better here than elsewhere . |
| 26 | And I th , I think about a great deal because it 's a very strange , it 's a very strange thing to talk about but when I came to Suffolk , I might have told you this before er , I had hardly been away from home at all , I was only seventeen when I first met him |
| 27 | It is sad that in Britain we have lost most of our old heritage , but when I went to Ireland I was pleased to find that Yeats and others before him had rescued many of the stories and legends that had been in danger of being lost . |
| 28 | But when I went to university , I did n't bother at all until I encountered a girl who I got the impression would be immensely impressed if I could speak . |
| 29 | I awoke next morning to a brilliant pearly light , but when I went to the window , no sea was visible . |
| 30 | " Forgive me , " he said to Sir Edmund , " but when I went to the Commissioner , whom I know slightly , I understood that the police would be good enough to look into our problem . |