Example sentences of "when [pron] [was/were] [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I 'm really pleased about that , cos last time on a , I was really disappointed I 'd been refused the course cos I thought oh , it 'll be right up my street that , cos when I was teaching full time I was quite into these er computers at the beginning and the one that went |
| 2 | The point of the story is that when I was using softer rods and he favoured stiffer ones we both caught , relatively speaking , no fewer fish than we do today . |
| 3 | Yeah , well when I was typing that bit — I actually said originally except Lorimer . |
| 4 | ‘ I was reminded of this a year ago when I was spending some time with one of my sisters . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I mean it could work on that basis then , that if , for example , I 'm just thinking about , well just from my point of view , when i was arranging that date in Stirling with the Oxford people , I could of said well , Thursday 's okay with me is it okay with you until I 've checked with |
| 7 | when I was doing that bit of collecting you know , and the people next , either side they 'd bought these council houses , you know , it 's a shame really |
| 8 | But I did learn that when I was doing full-scale removals . |
| 9 | ‘ Clarice Cliff was a hard taskmistress — I had to report to her every day — but she took great interest in the progress of young trainees and her husband , Colley Shorter , the chairman of her company , arranged for me to take day classes at Newcastle College of Art when I was doing National Service with the RAF stationed in Northumberland , ’ he recounted . |
| 10 | When I was putting this book together , an acquaintance told me about her ‘ getting-to-know-the-neighbours ’ spaghetti parties . |
| 11 | When I was cycling lovely summer afternoon , well er four i , about four o'clock and er there was three farmers round a big sign , in in there and tha that 's where I went up cycled . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | I ca n't remember now , I know I 've had a go to have a look at them to see how , to see exactly how , cos what I thought , what I thought I was gon na do was , I did n't like the furniture of the , of the speakers and when I was keeping that system I was gon na remount the speakers in the box a bit more you know decorative |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We met when I was researching some material on community care , and her great good humour and flawless memory for fascinating aspects of social history turned a one-off interview into an intermittently enjoyed friendship . |
| 16 | ‘ Did you know , ’ he asked , ‘ when you were improvising last night , a cat sat on your lap for a while ? ’ |
| 17 | When you were in , when you were discussing these things in the l lodge meeting erm d d d did the younger men sort of indicate how they felt towards the picket ? |
| 18 | Would you stay there when you were getting attacked night after night ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Well , we certainly had them when you were cleaning that playbill of William as Lear at the Theatre Royal , Covent Garden … ’ |
| 20 | I mean you came out with a wonderful statement when you were advertising this programme . |
| 21 | Well for slings , getting bags out of the hold see the whole job was so interesting , when you were doing these jobs that was interesting all the time . |
| 22 | Ju I thought you were talking about the tombola when you were saying fifty pence a strip , sorry . |
| 23 | ‘ Except when she was doing grand larceny on someone else 's husband . ’ |
| 24 | Her central happiness irradiated the rest of her life , from important happenings , down to her mood when she was doing trivial things . |
| 25 | When we were discussing these issues in our Working Group the teachers often reminded me that we were not preparing a thesis for university dons . |
| 26 | ‘ The sailing proved to be an extremely enjoyable way of learning teamwork skills , especially when we were charting rough waters . ’ |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 29 | And erm when we were doing these cards Mrs , that 's Scott 's old teacher , she 's very nice , very modern |
| 30 | 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 ! |