Example sentences of "when i [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I did not find any improvement in actual dollars spent on maintenance when I compared an object-oriented system written in 350,000 lines of C++ with a comparably complex product written in 1.25 million lines of C code .
2 When I received an unexpected invitation , I do n't know how , to deliver the opening address of an important conference on Germanic studies at Göttingen dedicated to ‘ Controversies ancient and modern ’ , I chose to raise this issue , which seemed so crucial to me .
3 Hopefully when I get a new tank set up , I will have more success in numbers by going by the book .
4 And when I get a first-class degree , which I hope to do , I 'll be forgiven because I 'll bring status to the family .
5 alright well I 'll have a I 'll have another chat with when I get the flipping chance and then
6 Just three of the qualities I possess that will be invaluable when I get the inevitable call to take up Football League management .
7 I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside .
8 Not even when I got a new baby was it .
9 Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway .
10 When I announced the Green Paper last July , the hon. Gentleman said that he would examine our proposals carefully .
11 I 've really had to work hard to get where I got to and when I fight a black guy , I know that he 's had to do the same thing , I think : ‘ Well , he 's had it as hard as me ’ and little zest goes out of your punching , I just want to beat him on points .
12 I was just going to look through it to find out what was happening in the passage when I saw a fishy eye fixed in the centre .
13 At about three o'clock in the afternoon , I was standing at the door of the inn when I saw a blind man coming along the road .
14 One day I disturbed three separate males and was feeling thoroughly frustrated and incompetent when I saw a magnificent bull , silhouetted on a ridge against the setting sun , a graceful , powerful body with a great sweep of spiralling horns .
15 I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’
16 When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold .
17 I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying .
18 As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems .
19 When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional .
20 When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted .
21 One morning I was driving along the road when I saw an old man frantically waving a walking stick at passing cars .
22 In March , on a visit to Leatherhead , I was walking around the JS branch when I saw an old customer .
23 I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem .
24 I have had a bit of ‘ medical ’ excitement myself since I last wrote : first when I overturned a full supermarket trolley on to my leg , bursting a small artery with dramatically bloody results .
25 When I hired a private detective to test this hypothesis
26 When I congratulated the poor girl , she almost fainted .
27 When I close the front door behind me I have a lump in my throat .
28 When I close the front door behind me , the hall is lit only by the streetlight , glowing faintly through frosted glass .
29 When I use a well-known television series as a starting point I start by talking to the children about what we 're going to do and the way we 're going to work : " We 're going to make up a play together .
30 My shorthand also let me down when I attended a local inquest .
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