Example sentences of "and when i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I needed your help , Claudia , and when I realised you 'd disappeared I knew you 'd try to leave without seeing me again . |
| 2 | Wait a minute we 've got to light th before we start everybody 's to sing and when I cut the cake , the pink bit is decoration so you do n't eat the pink bit but you eat all the rest of it , alright ? |
| 3 | ‘ Just lean your shoulders a little further forward , and when I tell you , hold your breath . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm going to hold that arm for you and when I tell you to stand up , you will do just that , slowly . |
| 5 | ‘ Let her take your hand , stroke hers ; it will comfort her a little , and when I tell you give her the chloroform — Good — that 's the way . |
| 6 | By then the noise of the avalanche had died away , only the echoes of it reverberating across the valley , and when I shifted into the driving seat and looked back , the road behind us had ceased to exist . |
| 7 | enough revs on the engine , he 'd be going and when I lift , raised the clutch , whereas if I had brought the clutch up part way |
| 8 | She telephoned offering to help when my wife was ill and when I said there was nothing she or anyone could do , she did n't keep fussing . |
| 9 | Here is a man who antagonised me and bothered me for 16 months and when I said ‘ yes ’ to fighting him again , he said ‘ no ’ . |
| 10 | But I mean he was very interested and when I said that we 'd actually done a recycling directory and that I was thinking |
| 11 | And when I said I was he held out a massive paw that gripped my hand as though in a vice . |
| 12 | There was a knock on the door , and when I said " Come in " the middle-aged woman who 'd been treated so rudely by Lennis in the morning appeared hesitantly . |
| 13 | And there was a stage board in the back and when I said , what 's that doing in there ? |
| 14 | It was a big shock and when I said yes there were about 100 Australian tourists cheering and photographing us . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It was a big shock and when I said yes there were about 100 Australian tourists cheering and photographing us . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ A director asked me if I was a gardener and when I said not , he said it was ostentatious . |
| 17 | And when I asked yo and when I said to her , you were in toilet she got up and she ran across there ! |
| 18 | and when I said that to Penny she said well that 's nice she said you 've got ta lot of , a lot of friends at home , I said no , I have n't got friends |
| 19 | Er Foster and Allen are here and when I said that at the beginning of the programme it started a flurry of phone calls as to where they were . |
| 20 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 21 | And when I return I shall no doubt make another purchase and so on . |
| 22 | I 've been gone just two days , and when I return you 're in a stranger 's clothes with a bandaged hand , and an odd expression on your face . ’ |
| 23 | This gave me pause , and when I returned to the hut I tried out a few grins into a hand mirror , and decided he was quite right ! |
| 24 | I called out that we were ready , but there was no answer , and when I returned to the bedroom I found her lying back full length on the bed , her eyes open and gazing up at the ceiling with that same vacant stare . |
| 25 | That night I went to the theatre and when I returned to my hotel , a quiet man in dark clothes was waiting for me . |
| 26 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 27 | I went back to bathe my eyes and when I returned I could not see them . ’ |
| 28 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 29 | The blade is repeatedly thrust into the ground in different spots nearby until I get the best possible signal — and when I get that I then know the rabbit and/or ferret is immediately beneath the spade . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'as to save up for the fare , and when I get there it 's nearly time to come back , ’ Ella said . |