Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] when i [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 I had almost reached the kitchen doorway when I heard the furious sounds of her footsteps coming back towards me again .
2 I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying .
3 I was leaning into the car to get the toddler out of the baby seat when I heard the shot .
4 I was returning to the house with a mixing drum when I heard the crash .
5 I was in a flower shop when I heard the noise .
6 I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present .
7 Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me .
8 Turbine engines had not been introduced into regular airline use when I joined the Branch ; also one 's practical application of aerodynamics had to be radically modified to cope with the characteristics of high speed flight with swept wings and all the associated developments that went with this revolution in flying .
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