Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked rather clumsy but , when I swung it , it felt quite light . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The bag must have slipped off the jeep when I parked it . ’ |
| 4 | John and the rest of the room seemed to be miles away — even my own voice , when I produced it finally , sounded as if it were coming down a long-distance telephone . |
| 5 | I wrote it on orange paper in blue ink and it all went horribly wrong when I photocopied it so I 've put an agenda on there right . |
| 6 | When I cleaned it up , I found it to be in really good condition and one of the nicest I have ever seen come out of the river . |
| 7 | When I played it through it came back to me completely , as things do if you have really known them when you are young . |
| 8 | But when I played it I thought that in some of the climaxes the original twenty-three strings were too few to make a full effect . |
| 9 | It came over a treat on the radio transmitter when I played it back … ’ |
| 10 | I knew that when I sold it to you . ’ |
| 11 | And when I started to write on the piano I found that when I translated it back to the guitar it was better . |
| 12 | A few years back , I bought an old desk at an auction and , when I got it home , found that the drawers had not been emptied by its previous owner . |
| 13 | How we all laughed when I got it home and realised I ca n't play ! |
| 14 | When I got it back it was badly stained . |
| 15 | Yeah I had a look er through it just before when I got it . |
| 16 | N well I , I , I had , why I was so positive about it , I had an uncle who had it very badly and as a child I was very aware of his hands , they were quite inhuman looking , they were that shape , and you know everything he did he , he had to that and that 's remained in my mind that when I got it I though I wo n't have the hands like that so I r I w I go , I went to sleep , I still do it , every night , spread my hands , the last thing I think about , spread the hands . |
| 17 | " I hate her , " Lalage spoke seriously , I d like to stick a knife in her , and when I got it in — you know what I 'd do ? " |
| 18 | " No , when I got it in , I 'd twist it . " |
| 19 | I told everyone I was going for a merit , but it made me feel really good when I got it ! |
| 20 | ‘ When I got it , I actually went round the flat and stopped some of the radiators and turned them off , ’ she said . |
| 21 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
| 22 | no , heaven knows what will happen to me when I 've , when I got it any more , I use it all the time . |
| 23 | Yeah , well when I got it out the car but , just wash that down |
| 24 | Mm I mean he looked at me like I was a bit silly and it was only when I got it and looked he 'd got after Christmas written |
| 25 | I felt nothing at the time and naïvely smiled to myself when I spotted it later . |
| 26 | When I knew it , in 1941 , I was a newly commissioned , very nervous officer billeted up the road in a cotton-mill-owner 's abandoned mansion on a hillside in a suburb called Ramsbottom ( locally known as Tupsarse because it was at the ‘ end of everything ’ ) . |
| 27 | Dalmellington , when I knew it , was very much a traditional Ayrshire mining village , with friendly people , much given to laughter and fun . |
| 28 | When I knew it , during the war years , it was occupied by an elderly bachelor who was one of the several mill owners in Witney , the town famed world-wide for its blankets since the seventeenth century . |
| 29 | It quite knocked me back when I saw it . |
| 30 | When I saw it , I felt like giving up . |