Example sentences of "when i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if , when I turn my Mac on to upload this article , you hear James Brown screaming : ‘ Fellas , I 'm ready to get up an ’ do MAH thang ! ’ do n't fret . |
| 2 | When I ran my spear in for the kill . ’ |
| 3 | Always before when I ran my head , and my country , and my son 's inheritance into danger , and stood to it in arms , always I had you by my side , heart in heart with me . |
| 4 | When I reach its head the man in charge goes away to conduct a transaction involving cardboard boxes . |
| 5 | When I reach my goal weight I am extremely proud of myself . |
| 6 | Oh , how I do like those lines , and when I repeat them now it brings back so many happy memories of that scamp of a grandfather of mine . |
| 7 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
| 8 | I mean even when I smoked I did . |
| 9 | These , when I passed them , I saw to be sitting or kneeling beside cradles , rocking them , or singing , or gazing intently . |
| 10 | I had nothing further to do with Sally but she did n't seem to be bothered when I passed her in the street without speaking . |
| 11 | This is good country , with good villages in it , giving you a full exposure to the dark green or red-brown paint , on window shutters or exposed timbers , that creates such a decorative unity among Basque houses — so much so that I recall a feeling of outrage along this road , when I passed one traditionally built house whose paint work was the vilest turquoise . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't see any sign of him when I passed his house , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 13 | ‘ Question is not if I shoot someone , but when I shoot someone , ’ says John . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't know about Bella when I married her ; and I was an innocent abroad where women were concerned . |
| 15 | ‘ Keith is a lovable character and I knew about his work , lifestyle and temper when I married him . ’ |
| 16 | Of course I did n't think it would be Terry when I married him . |
| 17 | ‘ I would have died for you when I married you , and now you laugh at my foolishness in marrying you ! |
| 18 | ‘ You were n't like this when I married you . |
| 19 | When I married my wife Mary , however , I planned to stay at home for a while . |
| 20 | ‘ When I married my husband , I knew the legends , the stories , the whispers . ’ |
| 21 | When I married I left the classes but now , all these years later , I joined them again . |
| 22 | But a strong feeling persisted , when I swung my feet off the ground and lay back , that something was trying to slip between me and reality . |
| 23 | It looked rather clumsy but , when I swung it , it felt quite light . |
| 24 | Let when I tell you Edna , I s , I do sing you see so I sat for . |
| 25 | When I confront him with his omissions and lies he just looks sheepish . |
| 26 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 27 | ‘ There are times , ’ he said bleakly , ‘ when I wish your father had sired a son . |
| 28 | ‘ Secondly , when I simulated what she had done , I found the window was rather narrow . |
| 29 | So when I parked my car I said to them I forgot how much it was in there , twenty pounds in the hotel as you 're not a guest they give them in reception . |
| 30 | The bag must have slipped off the jeep when I parked it . ’ |