Example sentences of "when i [vb past] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 2 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 3 | When I got to know the two men well I got a visual image of these judgements — Lenin , solid and stocky , advancing at an even pace , and the slight figure of Bukharin galloping off in front , but always needing to feel Lenin 's presence . |
| 4 | Twenty years ago I walked along it , half hoping to find a lost domain , and when I had crossed the small brick bridge over a stream I suddenly saw Wood Dalling Hall sailing like some proud ship above hawthorn hedges and ancient meadows , as beautiful and as Norfolk as could be . |
| 5 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 6 | When I had got the whole lot home I had a think . |
| 7 | Quite evidently when I had performed the various therapies I had n't performed them properly . |
| 8 | She brained me when I tried to reboot the neural net . ’ |
| 9 | She brained me when I tried to reboot the neural net ! ’ |
| 10 | I was working in a heart clinic off Harley Street as a receptionist and delivery boy when I decided to join the French Foreign Legion . |
| 11 | When I did see the full list I was very scornful — speaking in public ? making a recording ? conducting a committee ? — ME ? |
| 12 | I found that the edge of my left hand was cramped up when I attempted to negotiate the upper frets and any urgency in so doing was rewarded by a considerable jolt as my hand hit the buffers , so to speak . |