Example sentences of "when i [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when I ran breathless into the kitchen , he gave me a friendly warning . |
| 2 | My 100 metres time did n't improve at all that year , and it took me until September to better my indoor 200 metres best outdoors when I ran 21.6 seconds at Woodford Green . |
| 3 | When I reach third in the World Championship I 'll be satisfied . |
| 4 | I had caught an eider duck that had been sheltering on a lochan and was flying back with it against the wind when I grew tired . |
| 5 | I remember my pride when I grew big enough and strong enough to fetch and carry the two gallon water cans for my father . |
| 6 | Yes yes yes when when when I grew older , of course it took all the men When er you know one would b the the whole lot would be going together you know . |
| 7 | Thus a migrant son from a Scottish island croft answers his parents ' call : ‘ when I grew old , I had to come home to be with them . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm not sure , but I think when I studied this in college I think it was something like the average of producers of vocabulary of less than two thousand words . |
| 9 | When I develop that thesis it will be seen that I agree with McDowell as to the intrinsic attractiveness or repulsiveness of value qualities . |
| 10 | The chair with the wobbly leg , the dented saucepans , the knives with loose handles , all were gathered up and restored if possible , mainly by Nigel , who , when I produced new casualties almost weekly as the season wore on , would sigh and say patiently , ‘ Put it on my bench , darling . ’ |
| 11 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 12 | It sort of erm in Italian wine once or twice but when I ordered this I took the care to order up |
| 13 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 14 | Needless to say , they went straight to the police , just as I 'd done when I received that first threat . |
| 15 | The Minister is aware that when I received that letter I immediately tabled a question on the matter , and had subsequent correspondence with her fellow Under-Secretary of State , who has been most helpful and concerned . |
| 16 | my copy of the constitution that I filed away so neatly when I received that months ago . |
| 17 | You always bite me head off when I ask some sensitive questions |
| 18 | It happened when I was forced on to a very low fat diet for health reasons ( I had a gall bladder that grumbled very painfully when I ate fatty food ) . |
| 19 | She laughed the same way as when I 'd first seen her . |
| 20 | well yeah now , but you , you were saying this , we , we had this conversation when I 'd first got here , before any of this started to happen |
| 21 | ‘ You 've upset me now , ’ he growled , ‘ and do you know what happens when I get upset ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I come here when I get depressed . ’ |
| 23 | No , nothing , nothing fantastic , brilliant , yet , then substitute all that into the other one , so sixteen equals minus fifteen over B squared minus B squared , still nothing fantastic eh , sixteen equals five square when I get two , two , five , over three squared minus three squared . |
| 24 | When I get four weeks ago . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps when I get tired of flying , I 'll look underwater ! ’ |
| 26 | When I get tired I stop at green lights — I 'm always doing that . |
| 27 | And I always listen when I get crossed lines . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It might be when I get used to it . |
| 30 | Actually , my friends at church , back home , used to call me erm , cos I , I sort of sometimes squeal when I get excited . |