Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 2 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 3 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 4 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 5 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |
| 6 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |
| 7 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 8 | So when he called you for the Comeback Special , was that something you did happily ? |