Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh adv] i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It was only when I swung to the left and broke free for a moment that I was able to observe that he was wearing my dad 's grey towelling dressing-gown .
2 It was only when I got on the ground and tried to walk did I realise that I had a bullet through the top of my right ankle .
3 But think of me tonight when I sail across the sea .
4 ‘ I got a shock yesterday when I went to the mortuary , ’ Constance said .
5 Yesterday when I went in the shop , we get underwear and things like that
6 I touched on those points yesterday when I appeared before the Treasury Select Committee .
7 It was only 5.30 pm when I came into the main hospital building , but a cheeky nurse said ‘ Bon soir , Miss Veness , parlez-vous Francaise ?
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