Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] when i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A particularly heartening statistic when I checked the figures before I came to the Netherlands was that this market — with a relatively small population of only 15 million inhabitants — continues to be the biggest export market for Wedgwood in Continental Europe , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 3 | A site where building was going on with real devotion when I visited the town in August was on the once bare hillside near the old cemetery . |
| 4 | I sensed that little hesitation when I floated the subject of his double chin . |
| 5 | ‘ Friends at work were telling me I was a lucky so-and-so when I won the trip — but their comments were unrepeatable when they found out I had won the car as well . ’ |
| 6 | So it was a big cheering surprise when I opened the front door of Eva 's house one day to find Uncle Ted standing there in his green overalls , a bag of tools hanging from his fist , smiling all over his chopped face . |
| 7 | ‘ I was shutting the front door when I heard the phone ring . |
| 8 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 9 | There was just going to be one big thud when I hit the deck and then all would be over — my arm would stop hurting and no more 109s could make dirty passes at me behind my back . |
| 10 | I am on common ground when I remind the House that this case was immensely serious . |
| 11 | At the time I was mucking out the byre stalls , and piling the manure on top of my big heap when I saw the lights go on in the house . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to have to get out of bed to cry every night and was in an awful way when I passed the Droppin' Well . |
| 13 | having had rather a nasty shock when I had the car serviced the other day . |
| 14 | an awful lot of pressure if your name is in it , but I got a special pleasure when I organized the reading from Salman Rushdie 's book . |