Example sentences of "when i [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 2 | When I accepted he suggested I might like to give him a certain sum to help the wine flow . |
| 3 | A form arrived with the instruction ‘ State exactly how loss occurred ’ , and I wrote ‘ Lord Haig 's dog Wasp and I were sitting together on a sofa when I discovered he was eating my sweater ’ with the gravest doubts that I would be believed . |
| 4 | And when I discovered he was going to be a priest . |
| 5 | ‘ Fancy falling in love with the same man twice — when I knew he could never be interested in me ! ’ |
| 6 | Oh , do n't worry , ’ she added , catching sight of her father 's expression , ‘ I 'm not defending him — far from it — I was as angry as you when I knew he was back . ’ |
| 7 | Anyway , when I saw he was n't going to do anything about it , I figured it was up to me to make friends with Ibrahim and find out what he was doing . |
| 8 | The non-assertive quality is of course obvious in all the uses of blend dare which parallel those of the full modal : ( 48 ) And when I saw he was attracted by someone else , the fear and the jealousy that seized me ! |
| 9 | Yeah , we need to talk about this , because I mean when I saw he was upset by the treatment he got from I presume it was before , the way she dealt with him erm and he believed you know , he was big enough to be dealt with by the national accounts department . |
| 10 | ‘ When I protested he accused me of being lippy . |
| 11 | Last night , film director Michael Winner said : ‘ When I heard he was ill my first thought was of AIDS because he was an active bisexual . |
| 12 | When I heard he was missing , I did what he would have done for me in similar circumstances . |
| 13 | That 's why I panicked when I heard he was missing . |
| 14 | He I thought he might have sneaked out and come back again when I know he would n't leave Robert like , you know |
| 15 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 16 | When I thought he had finished , I opened them , only to see the plane make a parabola in the sky and dive on me again , firing away furiously in an attempt to eliminate me . |
| 17 | When I left he was gazing about disconsolately , still trying to get the idea . |
| 18 | He never found anything ; when I left he was waiting for a new pair to be brought up from Auckland , and wondering if the insurance company would cough up . |
| 19 | When I left he handed me my ‘ flimsy ’ , which was meant to be a summation and extract of the very full personal report that was submitted secretly to the Admiralty , and on which one 's future chances of promotion very greatly depended . |
| 20 | ‘ I was extremely unfair , uncharacteristically , to Mr Kinnock when I said he had n't made his position on PR absolutely plain , ’ said Mr Patten , warming up his audience . |
| 21 | David did n't believe me when I said he was black . |
| 22 | what happens , then his she stands there , you bloody by four but I mean he finished when I said he was gon na finish for a change I should think . |
| 23 | But he did n't say anything when I said he has put a bit of weight on . |
| 24 | There are occasions , when the sun is shining and all is well with the world , when I fancy he might recognise the rudiments of el thwing . |
| 25 | ‘ Now when I say he believed in England I do n't mean your thatched cottages and warm beer he did n't think the place was cute , not just his grandfather 's birthplace . |
| 26 | You must have control of your class , sometimes if you do n't , under , when I say he 's a weak teacher I do n't mean he 's a bad teacher . |
| 27 | When I say he looked my Grandmother 's age group and he he looked bulimia even though he 'd not done it . |
| 28 | He had returned from Addis Ababa two days before , apparently cured , but his throat had now flared up again and when I arrived he could hardly speak . |
| 29 | When I stopped he pushed himself back in his comfortable armchair and put the end between his teeth . |
| 30 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |