Example sentences of "when i [verb] 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 | Basically like I say it 's just when I , when I bend it , |
| 12 | And when I started to write on the piano I found that when I translated it back to the guitar it was better . |
| 13 | At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter . |
| 14 | Customer 5 : ‘ What happens if my daughter does n't like this jumper when I get it home ? ’ |
| 15 | If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact . |
| 16 | As I say , I only get 36 off the social and when I get it on a Monday , I usually spend 30 right away on food for the kids . |
| 17 | Leonie , a machinist , said ‘ We 'd never survive for long without my money , rotten though it is ( averaging around 30 a week ) , for sooner or later one of the kids needs new shoes , or the iron busts , or there is a birthday — the 55 a week I get from Sam , when I get it , does n't begin to touch things like that . |
| 18 | I am awaiting further analysis of the evidence and I assure the hon. Gentleman that , when I get it , I will examine the whole case again . |
| 19 | no , no , well when I , when I get it , the thing that gets me going is this , that complete car cost me er six thousand , eight hundred |
| 20 | So I took that , then when I get it home it , it soon |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | How we all laughed when I got it home and realised I ca n't play ! |
| 23 | When I got it back it was badly stained . |
| 24 | Yeah I had a look er through it just before when I got it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | " 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 ? " |
| 27 | " No , when I got it in , I 'd twist it . " |
| 28 | I told everyone I was going for a merit , but it made me feel really good when I got it ! |
| 29 | ‘ When I got it , I actually went round the flat and stopped some of the radiators and turned them off , ’ she said . |
| 30 | 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 . |