Example sentences of "when [pers pn] be [verb] [num] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met Amy occasionally at the House , when I was attending one of the servants , a chauffeur called Yaxlee . |
| 2 | You can emphasise that for me , Great-gran , when you are having one of your little palavers with him . |
| 3 | ‘ I see , ’ the Doctor went on with a harder edge in his voice , ‘ that you are the sort of hypocritical egomaniac who talks about betrayal when he 's condemning thousands of his own people in Haiti and millions in Africa and elsewhere to living the lives of mere insects ! ’ |
| 4 | Then when he was entertaining one of his friends he could n't get his stove to burn right and he had to keep it alight with matchboxes and cheese straws . |
| 5 | Usually when he was giving one of his little dinners he came into the kitchen while they were preparing it , joked with them , had his hands smacked smartly by Matey when he lifted saucepan lids and tried to peer into the oven ; but today he stayed away . |