Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | when I looked at the front page and he said about two paragraphs |
2 | When I looked at the broken bundles scattered across the floor , I recognized the faces . |
3 | Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls . |
4 | When I worked at the General , doctor 's who shall be name less used |
5 | I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead . |
6 | I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes . |
7 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
8 | When I look at the European Community I see foreign policy and internal security pillars and ask myself how well the Government have been able to keep them purely intergovernmental and how many commitments we are making that will damage British interests in the future . |
9 | When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’ |
10 | When you arrive at the continental airport you will be required to pass through passport control , claim your baggage and obtain customs clearance . |
11 | but when ya , when you stand at the front door and er there 's a blower breeze and it 's cold , if you put your hand round the door like that , you can feel a draught , you can feel it colder than the you know and the letter box , the draught but if you take that and put a curtain up , it 'll keep the cold out , you 've stopped the draught so you 're gon na win |
12 | Then when you look at the other range of human societies , then you have to say well you know how is it , how is it working out in other in other types of societies where all the basic erm conditions of life may be different and that of course is one of these big erm big and small problems that we still , we 're still really at the at the starting point fact . |
13 | Orrell are top of the first division … but then again there are n't many easy matches to be had when you look at the other ties |
14 | And I would ask you to have regard to that erm when you look at the technical criteria which we 've spent the last couple of hours looking at . |
15 | When you look at the new PL28 drill , the first thing you notice about it is the absence of a conventional three-jaw chuck for holding the masonry bit . |
16 | I ai n't no building them just to get all out and up done , I mean the programme now looks crowded , but when you look at the new programme it 's just full , there 's nowhere else and no more room in them boxes to write my instead of one every two , three months , there 's four and five every month starts something |
17 | When you look at the small print , most of the items that are going to go wrong are excluded , and people get very upset and complain to our department when they ca n't get it book right . |
18 | Even when you look at the outer end of the physical spectrum , there are hopeful signs . |
19 | I think it just gets too complicated when you look at the various contracts . |
20 | when you look at the Scottish results you do n't get many draws in the Scottish league |
21 | When you look at the dazzling display of art work and fine printing done in so much consumer literature today , you will get some idea of the high standards required in public relations . |
22 | ‘ When you look at the Tory legislation there is surprisingly little we would say was totally unacceptable . |
23 | when you look at the massive investment in the Channel Tunnel rail system , private sector for the tunnel and massive public sector investment in the rail facilities and depots around the country — that 's the balanced long-term future we must have . |
24 | When you look at the popular big four-wheel drive off-roaders , the difference is more marked : 27 mpg at touring speeds makes a Land Rover Discovery turbo diesel a viable alternative to a large estate car , but 18 mpg from the petrol V8 would put it out of court for many private buyers . |
25 | ‘ He is spending big at Liverpool again but when you operate at the top end of the market prices will always be high . ’ |
26 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
27 | Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them . |
28 | All the same , she could feel butterflies in her stomach when she arrived at the imposing entrance to Puddephat 's college at twelve . |
29 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
30 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |