Example sentences of "when i [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought London was a wonderful place but I was disappointed when I saw what a small , tumbledown house my brother and his wife lived in . |
| 2 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 3 | when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all |
| 4 | But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’ |
| 5 | When I called you a pompous , self-opinionated bully I meant every word ! |
| 6 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |