Example sentences of "when i [vb base] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 2 | Hopefully when I get a new tank set up , I will have more success in numbers by going by the book . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | alright well I 'll have a I 'll have another chat with when I get the flipping chance and then |
| 5 | Just three of the qualities I possess that will be invaluable when I get the inevitable call to take up Football League management . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When I close the front door behind me I have a lump in my throat . |
| 8 | When I close the front door behind me , the hall is lit only by the streetlight , glowing faintly through frosted glass . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I always feel slightly alarmed when I hear a pregnant woman describing the future with relentless certainty : work until the eighth month , three months off , a holiday abroad , back to work , and so on . |
| 11 | The points I 'm making , I should add , are not particularly political points , erm I get a little worried when I hear the sharp division between productive and unproductive occupations . |
| 12 | I 'm sick to death of the worry it 's brought , what with the lease-owners demanding money from me , when I 've no bloody rents to collect there … |
| 13 | And as you have pointed out , when I take the lovely Miss Ingram as my bride , you and Adèle must leave the house , so I 'm looking for a new job for you . ’ |
| 14 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 15 | I am not talking about the absence of an ad hoc electrical connection or about the presence of other things , either specifically or under some general description or by some general means , when I make the conditional statement . |
| 16 | But I 'll make , I 've got to make the other half of it , so when I make the other half of it he can probably have , er have a couple of jam ones |
| 17 | When I mention the Heavenly EP to Right Said Fred it turns out that only Fred has heard it , so I play it to them . |
| 18 | But when it came to music , he was a perfectionist , never satisfied to rest on his fame , he once said ‘ when I give the perfect performance , then I will die ’ . |
| 19 | When I watch a gay video I can imagine myself as any or all of the participants , or just sit back and enjoy being a voyeur . |
| 20 | When I say a right brain of course it does n't mean that the left brain 's just shut down completely but it 's predominantly a a right brain activity it 's the the creative part . |
| 21 | Now when I say a black eye I mean one that actually looks blue-black and is quite swollen . |
| 22 | From time to time we emerge from the factory to buy raw materials at Safeway or Mothercare , and in the end my daily discipline only echoes the great Baconian System when I purchase a frozen chicken . |
| 23 | When I produce the new album , it 's got to be good . ’ |
| 24 | You will let me know of course if you think it better to discontinue this when I start the new treatment . |
| 25 | When I want a new pair of shoes , or anythink , ‘ e ‘ elps me out of ‘ is pocket money , and we have n't to pinch the food so much . |
| 26 | When I want a new chair I 'll go and have a look at what he 's got . |
| 27 | And when I recall the shattering consequences of what happened one night a month or so later , I think of Hamlet , saying ‘ When sorrows come , they come not single spies , But in battalions . ’ |
| 28 | Q. I never see my Upside Down Catfish during the day , not even when I feed the other fish . |
| 29 | When I do a good workout , I feel fine , but then I start to think ‘ I 've just worked off 500 calories — what can I stuff my face with ? ’ |
| 30 | When I do a Chinese meal |