Example sentences of "the [noun sg] when i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can carry the gear when I roam the world with my camera . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 3 | I understood what I had seen in the dream when I learned the words " gaberdine " and " mahogany " ; and I was born in the year of the New Look , understood by 1951 and the birth of my sister , that dresses needing twenty yards for a skirt were items as expensive as children — more expensive really , because after 1948 babies came relatively cheap , on tides of free milk and orange juice , but good cloth in any quantity was hard to find for a very long time . |
| 4 | My door was open and I was halfway across the room when I saw the snake curled just outside , as if in wait for me . |
| 5 | I left Werewolf with a withering look and headed for the edge of the road , cutting back deeper into the trees so I could n't be seen from the farmhouse when I reached the fenced-off field . |
| 6 | I was almost at the centre of the group when I saw the light in the trees . |
| 7 | He was on the water when I made the speech and the Liberals did not know what to say . |
| 8 | It was a peculiar street because Street was on a higher level and at one time , the dam which must have been open , now the dam when I mention the dam , it 's the mill lead , but known to everybody in Galashiels as the dam . |
| 9 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 10 | ‘ Still , I was quicker and I was pushing hard until about 10 laps from the finish when I thought the engine sounded a little bit different . |
| 11 | He was abreast with the lorry when I saw the oncoming small black car overtaking on the other side , and overtaking fast . |
| 12 | I never noticed the exact time , but I was in the bath when I heard the stir down here . ’ |
| 13 | Well , I mean at least Mr 's coming out , and we 'll ask Steve to raise those very points with him , and I 'll also raise it with Mr , the inspector when I see the inspector about that particular issue . |
| 14 | And that was , I think , the feeling when I got the Oscar — ‘ I 've got to go up there , what am I going to do ? ’ |
| 15 | I was half way up the road when I saw the fire engine come . |
| 16 | My cobby mare is very unhappy about being led in and out of her stable and on occasions rushes out of the stable when I open the door . |
| 17 | ‘ Besides , I saw eggs and cheese and all sorts of stuff in the cupboard when I spent the night there . |
| 18 | As I made clear to the House when I answered the main question , the know-how fund has been heavily used in the Baltic republics , on which about £900,000 has been spent . |