Example sentences of "when [pron] [adj] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first met the car manufacturers , they did not appear to be taking the matter very seriously at all , but my last meeting with them revealed that they are now much more prepared to make their cars more secure . |
| 2 | When I first came the cleaning was more general . |
| 3 | ‘ When I first saw the head in the font it just looked familiar — I could n't sort out why . |
| 4 | ‘ When I first saw the portrait , though the clasp did n't consciously register , my subconscious must have picked it up , because something I could n't pin down nagged at me , and made me want to look again . ’ |
| 5 | I must confess when I first saw the plan , I was totally confused by it . |
| 6 | Like the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire ( Mr. Kirkwood ) , I was concerned when I first saw the complexity of the disability regulations . |
| 7 | When I first saw the dog , it was quite obvious he 'd been deeply affected by the explosion and had developed a 100-watt phobia for light bulbs ! |
| 8 | When I first began the work that I am doing now , I decided to keep an open mind about the topic ; but , as time has progressed , I have been able to record details of fact , time and place given to me by my patients which have later been checked and confirmed and found to be wholly accurate . |
| 9 | When I first became a Member of the House , I learned that one should never speak about things that one does not know or does not understand . |
| 10 | As the morning mist had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so the evening mist was rising now , and in the clear moonlight I saw no shadow of another separation from her . |
| 11 | I took her hand in mine , and we went out of the ruined place ; and , as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge , so , the evening mists were rising now , and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed me , I saw no shadow of another parting from her . |
| 12 | I had not known Melinda when I first entertained the idea of travelling the length of the Nile . |
| 13 | And when I first got an inkling the little was far worse than none , and I became melancholy and miserable . |
| 14 | A small victory really , because the decisive defeat of the bottles had come about long ago , shortly after I learned to throw , when I first realised the sea was an enemy . |
| 15 | This was much more than I expected when I first had the idea in 1982 of writing a popular book about the universe . |
| 16 | ‘ I was doubtful when I first had the idea , but Margaret has no cousins or … ’ |
| 17 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 18 | Reviewers would put ‘ When I first heard the name I expected four guys in Factory haircuts ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I was thrilled when I first heard the Trumpet Hornpipe tune being used on Pugwash , ’ says Edmondson . |
| 20 | It was very good — even though it left a nasty taste in my mouth , the same sort of shudder I felt when I first read The Turn of the Screw . |
| 21 | Marje says : ‘ When I first read the book , it seemed like fiction . |
| 22 | Let me give you an example , one I remember because years ago when I first read the book I actually penetrated the secret . |
| 23 | Quintin Hailsham told me later : ‘ When I first read the report my hair stood on end , and at my age that takes some doing . ’ |
| 24 | When I first flew a Beaver its manoeuvrability came as a shock . |
| 25 | Being a close friend of Legrand and Couvelaire , I was not surprised when I first flew the prototype two years ago : soft and light as a feather , brilliant as a refined piece of thinking on how an ideal aircraft should fly , powerful as a civilianised fighter . |
| 26 | Some five years ago when I first encountered the system on a trip to America I recall being both impressed and disappointed . |
| 27 | When I first visited the cliff 15 years ago , that level of congestion would have been unimaginable . |
| 28 | Again without being boring , when I first joined the company telesales people made telephone calls and made appointments , and the outdoor went out and did it . |
| 29 | Most embarrassing item : ‘ Silver trousers , a black PVC jacket and a whip I wore when I first joined the band , I cringe when I think of it now ’ . |
| 30 | When I first bought the vehicle five years ago I noticed gear oil in the boxes . |