Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was even worse when I realised that it was more than that . |
| 2 | ‘ I was very upset when I discovered that it had gone : it was a terrible shock . |
| 3 | I thought in my ignorance that Lorcomb would be just down the road from Norwich ; when I discovered that it was an hour 's drive I persuaded the colonel to rent me his house . ’ |
| 4 | His wife Jean , 70 , said : ‘ When I saw that it was the only laugh I have had since Theo 's death . |
| 5 | When they first met , Charlie called the shots by improvising in front of the cameras and using his experience from films like Bright Lights , Big City , with Michael J Fox , and 18 Again , with George Burns He said : ‘ Kylie was a little nervous when I improvised and it threw her off . |
| 6 | I was on the point of surrendering when I thought that it would be more dangerous to resume the subject on another occasion ; I also did n't trust my nerve . |
| 7 | I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ I worked all my life and saved so I would have no worry when I retired but it 's a different story now . |
| 9 | When I confirmed that it was called the Skein of Geese , she pulled out one of those little books of matches they give away in such places and said : ‘ The same as this , you mean ? ’ |
| 10 | When I enquired if it was Miss or Mrs Hauxwell , she said , ‘ Oh no , no , no — Miss by name and Miss by nature , that 's what my uncle always said ’ . |
| 11 | It seemed speaking when you felt like it was a way to gain approval . |
| 12 | So their affair was begun , their part-time affair , as Maria took to calling it , at first only to herself , but then aloud in Luke 's presence when she discovered that it could bring a quick frown to his face . |
| 13 | It was ghastly' frightening enough in its unreality , but the real terror would strike when she accepted that it was true . |
| 14 | She emphasised that she did not want to get better ; that there was no reason or motive for her to get better ; that she wished to remain in control ; that she would cure herself when she decided that it was right to do so . |
| 15 | She emphasised that she did not want to get better ; that there was no reason or motive for her to get better ; that she wished to remain in control ; that she would cure herself when she decided that it was right to do so . |
| 16 | She took them off again when she remembered that it would be she who would have to Ronuk it again if Matey saw its shine marred . |
| 17 | She walked up the path and leant wearily against the wall while she dug in her bag for her key , then groaned when she remembered that it was still lying on the floor of the car park where she had dropped it . |
| 18 | I had invited everyone I could think of to tea , and we had been invited back , but it was not her style , and when she complained that it was not right for her ‘ to be living among all these old people ’ I understood very well what she meant . |
| 19 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 20 | The Security Council always tut-tutted when anybody suggested that it was trying to starve anybody to death , but if sanctions were going to be effective then people would die because they did not get enough to eat . |
| 21 | The scene was filmed , but the problems started when they realized that it would not be possible for them to be lowered to the ground , as planned . |
| 22 | They abandoned this idea when they realised that it would mean the end of the NSDAP in Danzig . |
| 23 | He did not say much when they met and it was always muffled by the lapels of his coat . |
| 24 | He and my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield posed the best question of the debate when they asked whether it could apply to rail . |
| 25 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that not only has the Conservative party demonstrated that it is willing to spend a greater proportion of gross national product , but , by continuing to expand our economy , we have surpassed the Labour party bid at the 1987 election — when it said that it would increase spending on the national health service by 3 per cent . |
| 26 | Richmond bureau was prompted into this action when it felt that it was losing advice workers because of the tensions involved in the work and because insufficient support was given to alleviate it . |
| 27 | But MI5 deliberately ignored them as and when it suited because it believed no prime minister or Home Secretary would interfere nor would any member of the service break ranks and tell the truth about what really went on inside MI5 . |
| 28 | So er obviously I did n't know anything about the money owed or we would 've endeavoured to pay it off straight away when we went to the bank er originally when it went when it folded . |
| 29 | The BBC was forced to drop an independently produced film for Arena on lorry drivers when it emerged that it was partly funded by a hauliers ' association . |
| 30 | ‘ It was paper when it started and it 's paper afterwards . ’ |