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Example sentences of "when i think [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When I think about it , he wrote , I find it difficult to remember why I ever embarked on it .
2	It makes me all upset when I think about them .
3	In response to the burglary my reaction became : ‘ Actually when I think about it and allow all the facts to sink in it is just too awful ; there really is nothing I can do to pretend this has n't happened .
4	‘ I do get depressed when I think about a career based in England .
5	When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you .
6	‘ It sounds so silly when I think about it now , ’ says a disappointed daughter in Pitkeathley 's book , ‘ but I used to have this image of us sitting together in the afternoons .
7	‘ I still feel cold when I think about him , ’ she says .
8	‘ When I think about her …
9	You know , when I think about the fashion world of the Fifties , I have the feeling I remember something of the planet Mars . ’
10	‘ When I think about the past , ’ he said , ‘ I see us .
11	But now when I think about it , I think maybe I would n't .
12	But when I look back when I think about it it probably ke kept us out of mischief you know .
13	But I must admit , when I think about Thursday night I feel absolutely sick with nerves .
14	When I think about my mum , I always see her surrounded by tall men .
15	But whereas when you were talking about it then I mean when I think about it
16	I did n't expect it to hit me quite so hard , but when I think about it it 's because I 'm so bloody sad that the last fourteen years were spent in dying not in living .
17	When I think about it now , he was an actor .
18	when I think about it I think I just ca n't work , it 's like , I 've lost interest whenever I find some I feel I 'm able to keep up
19	Erm but yeah but that 's one of er oh pass me pass me the thing I do n't actually when I think about it it 's getting nearer the time .
20	The food , and the mud on our wellingtons , and sometimes the faint tang of cordite coming up from the cellar all give me a good , tight , thrilling feel when I think about them .
21	But when I think about how I feel for you , it turns me into a Hercules and I feel I can conquer the world . ’
22	I think you we d' ya know I think you were at night school Gordon when I think about it .
23	When I think about it they did ha erm , but I 'm fed up with talking about school !
24	But er she said I suppose when I think about it it was an instant reaction you see .
25	I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all .
26	When I think of the hours of weeding it saves , it appears nothing but beautiful to me .
27	And when I think of my daughters growing up in that atmosphere , in that society , I feel I must try to avoid it if in any way I can .
28	And it is true what your father says … when I think of what it was like after the War , and when I look around now — ’ suiting her actions to her words she looked around the café , at the ladies , old and frail , like herself , respectable in black and grey — ‘ these went through it too , ’ she said , ‘ and look at them , at us , coffee and cake on a Sunday morning .
29	I always come back to the Stones when I think of The Smiths , because of the camp , but mainly because of the way each band illuminates their era for us .
30	When I think of what the ‘ ideal ’ look is for a girl , I always imagine it as someone looking happy , and that is the one thing I know I do n't look .