Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] when i [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't imagine how I would have survived without good friends who sustained me when I turned up weeping in the middle of the night . |
| 2 | I reported them when I went up but whether there was any success in the things I just do n't know . |
| 3 | ‘ I found him when I came back from lunch . |
| 4 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 5 | The student chooses their own subject ; most of these subjects are right on the fringes of the course , or overlap several different courses , and what surprised me when I sent round a questionnaire was how much the students said they enjoyed essay-writing . |
| 6 | ‘ The funny side hit me when I woke up this morning . |
| 7 | It hit me when I phoned up and they said those two had gone . |
| 8 | That 's all that Christian offered me when I went up there to lay out that poor young wife of his . |
| 9 | Yes , I remember , I saw them when I woke up and I thought … |
| 10 | " I saw them when I flew over yesterday . " |
| 11 | ‘ I saw him when I went down to make myself a cup of tea , just letting himself out the door he was . ’ |
| 12 | that was the fronts , I never liked them when I moved in |
| 13 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
| 14 | And she said , ‘ Schubert — ’ I said , ‘ No , I smelt it when I came in . ’ |