Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 2 | But er I did go with Con when I went for a perm she said oh would you like to , would you like to go and see Valerie |
| 3 | And there was prejudice once when I went for a job . |
| 4 | When I went for the bread-soda she was patting his headache away , and the scones must be cooked by now . " |
| 5 | When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one |
| 6 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 7 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
| 8 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 9 | I dropped it when I left for the realm . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , when she disappeared for a week without saying anything to Katrine who was her closest friend , Katrine went round to the flat a number of times , thinking she must be ill . |
| 12 | Do you happen to know whether she was wearing it when she left for the airport ? |
| 13 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 14 | This is the story about Miranda Mouse , and what happened when she went for a walk in Puddle Lane . |
| 15 | I said to Ted : ‘ We 'll say that when she went for the tram , the dog run after her . ’ |
| 16 | flesh of her upper arm hung down when she reached for a cigarette , but it scarcely mattered . |
| 17 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 18 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 19 | When she arrived for a pre-arranged drink the lights were on . |
| 20 | And then when we went for a drink he used to say are you not buying me a drink ? |
| 21 | But when we went for a fitting , the garments had been made with buttons just sewn onto tacky fake buttonholes . |
| 22 | There were a lot of crows when we went for a walk before flying round . |
| 23 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 24 | When we asked for a script from that side from the beginning , it did n't come . |
| 25 | When we stopped for a picnic lunch we were pestered by a cheeky jackdaw which squabbled with seagulls for its share in the scraps of our sandwiches . |
| 26 | It was just a bedsit she had early in our marriage when we parted for a while . |
| 27 | The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches . |
| 28 | He alleged that inquiry officers had lied about seeing a flickering light in a bedroom window of his home when they applied for a search warrant . |
| 29 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 30 | Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning . |