Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had one redeeming feature — his very good nature , except when he was in the boxing ring or after a few whiskies , when everyone gave him a wide berth . |
| 2 | The sense of disbelief grew when I realised what a truly wonderful prize I 'd won . |
| 3 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 4 | I thought London was a wonderful place but I was disappointed when I saw what a small , tumbledown house my brother and his wife lived in . |
| 5 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 6 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 7 | I was bathing you , and I fetched a clean nappy , and when I unfolded it the letter dropped out , and we read it . ’ |
| 8 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 9 | When I assured her no harm had been done , she said : |
| 10 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 11 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 12 | ‘ E did n't 'alf spit when I told 'im no luck . |
| 13 | Once , when I told her a lie about what I was doing , in order to evade hostile questioning , she said , severely , ‘ You 're growing too like your father . ’ |
| 14 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 15 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 16 | For those who are wondering why I have this set-up , the three were introduced at a small size when I thought them a male and two females ; and I am unwilling to upset a settled pair by unnecessarily removing the decor and setting two with a net ! |
| 17 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 18 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 19 | Personally , when I counted myself a Christian , I had no interest in finding female figures or ‘ feminine ’ motifs within the religion . |
| 20 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 21 | I was just silently congratulating myself on tumbling her secret at last when I realized who the man in the photograph was . |
| 22 | It was about five inches long when I bought it a month ago , and now it is approaching 10 inches . |
| 23 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 24 | When I called you a pompous , self-opinionated bully I meant every word ! |
| 25 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 26 | But she added : ‘ The people at work think I 'm insane and when I showed them the video of the bungee jump it just confirmed their opinion that I 'm a lunatic . ’ |
| 27 | Even the Arabs in the Ministry of Health office in the hospital had n't really been briefed , and the poor man who was given the job of meeting our needs nearly had a heart attack when I showed him a copy of the list I had sent out to his head office weeks ago . |
| 28 | And when I showed him a list of names I had collected ( why , I do not know , I had some notion of an appeal or inquiry ) , he read : ‘ Lynch , Connally , Egan , Kelly … etc. ’ and then he looked at me and added , ‘ I was looking at the lists of those who died in the recent great victories of general Gough at Aliwal and Sobraon in India . |
| 29 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 30 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |