Example sentences of "when i [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fingers come round , things go in and out of my mouth but even when I venture to open my eyes I see nothing . |
| 2 | Sweat was running from my temples , stinging at the corners of my eyes , and when I paused to wipe them Edward shouted , ‘ Come on , come on , give me the bloody axe . ’ |
| 3 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 4 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 5 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 6 | when I 'd seen there was a problem there , then I just |
| 7 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 8 | And I felt worse , as I stumbled away , remembering Gharr 's laughter when I 'd struck him . |
| 9 | When I 'd extracted my head from the carrying rope , Kāli untied the bale and started scooping up armloads of pine-needles and throwing them to the top of the pile . |
| 10 | In fact later on during the flight , when I 'd unravelled myself from this guy and was playing poker with some French people , I asked God to give me the sign then , in the hand I was about to get . |
| 11 | Had I really meant it when I 'd written I would n't have any painkillers ? |
| 12 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 13 | Indeed Katie 's group , when I 'd pushed them into talking about Mitch a little more , spent most of their time examining his picture and finding fault with his appearance . |
| 14 | But then when I 'd strengthened her up I said she 'd be alright for a few days . |
| 15 | It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office . |
| 16 | But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended . |
| 17 | When I 'd finished we began to see the funny side of it and ended up laughing . |
| 18 | When I 'd finished he hummed and hawed a bit , but finally admitted he was at fault and promised to apologise to you as well . |
| 19 | Well it was when I 'd finished my midwifery training I certainly stayed on a little while in er in doing a bit of district work . |
| 20 | ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’ |
| 21 | When I 'd finished I thought I 'd go to the living room to curl up by the gas fire . |
| 22 | I could never fathom Mark 's new gas stove , and it always resembled a Sputnik satellite when I 'd assembled it . |
| 23 | So when I 'd picked myself up from the floor , my arm bruised from shoulder to wrist , I thought ‘ I 'll show the buggers . ’ |
| 24 | Throwing in this unbalancing element of bizarre comedy just when I 'd got everything settled . |
| 25 | I invented him , Buffy , and when I 'd got him , the book started working . |
| 26 | Bless him , he went away with the promise of a full sitting when I 'd got my face back from the cleaners . |
| 27 | When I 'd convinced myself that girl whose hand |
| 28 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll tell that to Mr Devereux , when I get to see him . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm a nice person , but when I get going I 'm like a madwoman . |