Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I turn in the saddle and point it out to him with vigorous gestures , his curiosity is aroused . |
| 2 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 3 | He knows that the knickers I wear when I sit in the saddle are not the smartest articles of underwear in my wardrobe . |
| 4 | When I sit in the room with it , he wrote , it 's like sitting in a room with a corpse . |
| 5 | He regains his strength when I sit upon the bed beside him ; he reaches for me , he kisses me violently . |
| 6 | When I ask for a carrot now mummy I , I 'll just have a big feast . |
| 7 | Sorry for whinging , but when I get onto the computer and it says ‘ 8 new messages ’ I think Oh goody ! |
| 8 | When I get onto the pavement I just sit there with my feet in the road . |
| 9 | ‘ I usually only scrub the front tyre when I get into a turn too hot but this is how it goes : You 're in fourth gear and jetting down to this U-turn . |
| 10 | I got to cross the road — I remember that , so when I get to a gate I go out and have a look round . |
| 11 | When I get to the road , with St James 's Park beyond , as fresh and green as an early summer salad , I stop and turn . |
| 12 | " When I get to the bend I 'll stamp . |
| 13 | When I get to the end I stop and have a look round . |
| 14 | Is there any signal when I get to the van ? ’ |
| 15 | When I get to the township , three women have already prepared the bread dough in a bucket . |
| 16 | I have to I h I when I get to the office , I 'll h I 'll h I 'll have a look a bit closer . |
| 17 | I shall not live it down when I get to the office . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll have a look at that when I get to the house . ’ |
| 19 | I hit the ball great on the range but when I get on the course it all goes wrong . |
| 20 | It 's great , Frankie boy ; I 'm keeping to the fields and the woods and walking a lot and getting lifts and when I get near a town I look for a good fat juicy dog and I make friends with it and take it out to the woods and then I kill it and eat it . |
| 21 | ‘ But when I get in the weight room at Chelsea , the other lads put me to shame . |
| 22 | She said for when I get in the car . |
| 23 | ( When I speak of the value of the whole , I mean what Moore calls its value on the whole , that is the values of its parts plus its value as a whole . ) |
| 24 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 25 | Well tha , the only thing I , when I walk across the green , the only thing I see is dove dirt . |
| 26 | It looks healthy and comes to the top of the tank , as usual when I walk into the room . |
| 27 | School makes me nervous ; when I walk down the corridor I feel that everyone is staring at me , and because a lot of people know about my anorexia they think it their job to comment constantly on what I am eating or not eating , and how much better I look now that I 've put on weight . |
| 28 | ‘ Amber always runs up for a hug when I walk through the door ’ , she says . |
| 29 | Well now , now you know that when I disappear with a placard sign , I do n't just appear with a placard , we are doing things behind the scenes . |
| 30 | ‘ I have to walk to the bus stop , and when I wait for the bus there 's some of them slag me off and they push you about . |