Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , he 's gone to a play at the college and a yeah I was er like when I realised that had come on I thought does he know ? |
| 2 | ‘ I got a great reception but the club were always generous to me when I played and managed here . |
| 3 | I left the car outside the farm and was about to walk between the walls when I paused and stared at a cow in the field on the other side of the road . |
| 4 | When I knocked and entered , Ira , with a broad smile on his face , reached down and produced two glasses and a bottle of Okanagan wine which we were soon sipping . |
| 5 | In all this Basil 's sense of humour , kindliness , and perception both of personalities as well as of every aspect of the visual arts , were a great help and encouragement to me , and I shall always be grateful for those years in , the West Riding when I knew and worked with him . |
| 6 | When I heard that whispered name in the dark , it did n't worry me . |
| 7 | When I landed and taxied to the dispersal point an awed group of aircraftsmen crowded around the machine to examine the damage . |
| 8 | But I certainly remember going to Mr and erm , I felt very bold when I went and said that er , you know , sooner or later I 'd erm , I 'd get married and er set up a home and that sort of thing and erm I said er , what are the prospects of erm getting a reasonable salary ? |
| 9 | We did n't actually have much play mobile when I , when I went and looked . |
| 10 | And when I went and got him up this morning his legs were out the bottom of the cot again ! |
| 11 | I thought , when I went and opened the windows I saw the other one but I did n't see the |
| 12 | Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it . |
| 13 | When I enlarged and looked more closely at some of the diagrams in the book , I noticed that they also carried marks indicating where an Edwardian cyclist would have encountered a crossroad , a sharp bend , even a humpback bridge . |
| 14 | When I left and went to teach in war-torn London , I knew I had been right to make the most of those precious two years . |
| 15 | Erm tt there 's er one point I would like to make , when I , when I made that comment about she 's only the wife , and I 'll just clarify why I said that and this is it 's amus a few years ago some , somebody who was , we were taking a policy out with right was , came to me and was , was talking and making arrangements to , to come and see us and he patronisingly said erm and your husband 'll be there , and I patronisingly said back , and you 'll be bringing your wife , because of the way that he came across to me and I , I mean |
| 16 | It seems that Antonietta was nearby when I fainted and arranged for me to be taken back to her house . |
| 17 | ‘ She hurt him dreadfully when he came home from Africa , crippled and his career in the army over , just when he needed her loving support the most , and now she has the gall to chase him again , when I hoped and prayed that he had finally recovered from her brutal treatment of him . ’ |
| 18 | It was the wee lad shoving his basket into me and laughing fit to burst when I turned and looked down at him . |
| 19 | When I approached and held a piece of chicken out to him he opened his eyes in surprise and at first refused to take it . |
| 20 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 21 | When I arrived and asked many people for advice , I was directed to the theatre district , Piccadilly Circus , all the obvious places , as well as some less obvious , whose names I do not know . |
| 22 | When I arrived and asked many people for advice , I was directed to the theatre district , Piccadilly Circus , all the obvious places , as well as some less obvious , whose names I do not know . |
| 23 | When I arrived and rang the bell it was Albert who showed me in . |
| 24 | When I arrived and called Bob Keller , an ABC News producer who had lived in Beirut and was now covering LA , I asked him where the Green Line was . |
| 25 | I could , I used to run it down and er , and that 's the only reason me mother would let me , but they was pleased as punch when I stopped and went and worked for me dad again . |
| 26 | I always carry the bag on my left shoulder so I can pull out clubs with my right hand , and I was about to pull out the driver when I hesitated and decided to see how the land lay . |
| 27 | When I awoke and started getting ready for my classes , which now passed mechanically , as if in a vacuum , the students suspended in time and space , and my own voice seeming to come from somewhere a long , long way away , I would write a poem for you as a kind of incantation to bring you back that day : |
| 28 | I 've only been in the industry , I 've only been with this company for two and half years , and when I joined and had a look at what the industry was about , there were thirty express overnight carriers . |
| 29 | However , I was disappointed at the reply she gave to my questions at a public open meeting held on April 7th , when I suggested that following many and varied discussions in different regions of the country , there was extreme concern in the non-action by the government in the matter of the vast difference in the value of imports from different countries , in particular Japan , as against the value of the imports they take from this country . |
| 30 | After I 'd persuaded Hawkbit here to join us , I was just starting to talk to a few more , when I found that Toadflax fellow had followed me down the run . |