Example sentences of "[conj] when [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sold that when we picked up another house down near Eastbourne . |
| 2 | All I know is that when I went out this morning I found the poor little thing , run over . |
| 3 | Feeling years older than when she woke up this morning — and not just because she had acquired a new , sophisticated façade of hair and clothing during the day — Belinda plunged into the middle of the party crowd again . |
| 4 | He and Danny Kirwan were sort of ‘ kidnapped ’ after a gig by this young Munich ‘ jet set ’ crowd ; they disappeared for three days and when they came back that was it . |
| 5 | Yeah and er you know we can do a certain amount but I think if you went away from that you can go away from it a little bit but I think if you went too much away the people that you have and and our audience when we 've got them you know , they tend to stay with us you know they do n't change like the the youngsters and when we started off first you know our audience were mainly over forty five fifty plus really and now they 're down to we 're getting you know loads of of people in their twenties and in their teens and even down to kids like last night , five and six years old . |
| 6 | Dear old Joe seemed just the same , but as I got better , he began to remember I was a gentleman , and call me sir again , and when I got up one morning , I discovered he had gone . |
| 7 | Now , when I came back from Stop Hill the other night , must have been , oh must have been Thursday , cos Paul erm , was going out with Alec and then they were going to Alec for dinner and when I came back one of the erm wooden staves was off here , had been prized off . |
| 8 | These kids was coming at us once and six of them grabbed hold of me and when I turned round all the others had fucked off and left me to get a kicking … |
| 9 | ‘ One fishermen told me he saw seals in the area where he shot 20 creels and when he came back 20 minutes later they were all robbed . |
| 10 | As Eva had known , the location of the flat would always be a draw for Charlie , and when he turned up one evening to eat and sleep I said , ‘ Let's go to the Nashville . ’ |
| 11 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 12 | Flavia stuck to her guns and when she turned up next morning was told by the Loulou boys that she did n't know one wind from the other . |
| 13 | But when I looked over those I had kept , I decided I could not do so . |
| 14 | He 's been sleeping in the spare room , you see , but when you turned up last night , he moved back in . |
| 15 | He kept her waiting a couple of minutes , which raised her suspicions , but when he walked out empty-handed she smiled inwardly at having won at least one small battle between them . |
| 16 | Because when we took over this room it had actually two extra floors in , one where you see the joists and one higher up . |
| 17 | because when you woke up this morning |
| 18 | I 'm frightened of the probation and the social services finding out that I 'm using again , 'cos when I came out this time , they said to me that , if I ever went back on the smack , that the kids 'd be took off me , no two ways about it … . |