Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [pron] a " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ) |
| 5 | He leaves he leaves all I thought Kath would have phoned me because I wrote her a letter and normally when I write her a letter she sort of , phones about the next day but she |
| 6 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 10 | Personally , when I counted myself a Christian , I had no interest in finding female figures or ‘ feminine ’ motifs within the religion . |
| 11 | It was about five inches long when I bought it a month ago , and now it is approaching 10 inches . |
| 12 | And your function is designed as , when I give you a number , you give me the nearest integer , which is just above it . |
| 13 | come up when I give you a call right ? |
| 14 | Five minutes ago you were ranting about how you hate your work and yet , when I offer you a perfectly equitable way out of your situation , you hesitate . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm just echoing the whole country when I say what a venture to make such a track . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | When I called you a pompous , self-opinionated bully I meant every word ! |
| 18 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent … |
| 22 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
| 23 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
| 24 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 25 | Roger Davis fell in love with photography when his gave him a box camera nearly 50 years ago . |
| 26 | This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine . |
| 27 | For many of those people it is probably a godsend when someone hands them a piece of paper that might unlock the door to access to a benefit that they would otherwise not receive . |
| 28 | You drool when someone tosses you a conspiracy theory . ’ |
| 29 | Gloucester have never won at the Recreation Ground … the league champions look invincible … but that 's when the Kingsholm men are at their best … when nobody gives them a hope … |
| 30 | Always be very aware of your childrens ' reaction when you tell them a particular babysitter is coming . |