Example sentences of "when [pron] [was/were] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 2 | When I was putting this book together , an acquaintance told me about her ‘ getting-to-know-the-neighbours ’ spaghetti parties . |
| 3 | Now when I was preparing this evidence , I got to this point and I thought to myself , why on earth has this not happened in Richmondshire ? |
| 4 | When I was researching this subject , the opening exchange of conversations was so invariable that I learnt to recite it at once to save time . |
| 5 | I mean you came out with a wonderful statement when you were advertising this programme . |
| 6 | For example , when we were recording this album at Eel Pie Studios , Pete Townshend 's amp was sitting in a corner , so of course I had to try it ! |
| 7 | and when we were having this argument on Wednesday he said I said we what what was your reason then for not paying me for that when I was genuinely sick and he said er oh he said because I gave you such a good bonus last week , I said what was that then , he said erm twenty five pounds , I said no you did n't ! |
| 8 | Also when we was giving this demonstration for the people in Bloxwich for the , our unit in King George 's playing fields , we 'd got all our weaponry on , on , on show what we 'd got Vickers machine gun , the Brownings rifles this anti-tank bomb anti-tank tube , whatever you li gun , whatever you like to call it , but also we 'd got what , what was termed a bucket bomb . |
| 9 | And you used to see you dad 'll you you more blisters dad get for when he was chopping this lot . |
| 10 | He was all ready to be wheeled into theatre at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital for an artery replacement in his heart when he was told this afternoon that the operation was off.The intensive care unit bed he would use to recover from after surgery had been taken by another , more urgent case . |