Example sentences of "when i [vb base] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully when I get a new tank set up , I will have more success in numbers by going by the book . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ When I win a first set like that , I panic . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Now when I say a black eye I mean one that actually looks blue-black and is quite swollen . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When I want a new chair I 'll go and have a look at what he 's got . |
| 14 | Anyway when I approach a thirty mile an hour bend I usually go round at sixty thus going round on two wheels — halving the wear on the tyres . |
| 15 | … and when I add a third category called Years , Improv automatically generates extra cells , complete with relevant formulae |
| 16 | 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 ? ’ |
| 17 | When I do a Chinese meal |
| 18 | I stop at the traffic light when I have a visual experience which others would describe as seeing a green light . |
| 19 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 20 | And when I see a wonderful phrase like William Waldegrave is like without the jokes I think now I wonder if she thought or said that ? |
| 21 | Please do n't tell me to buy children 's shoes as I already do so when I need a flat pair , but I like high heels and am finding it increasingly difficult to buy them . |
| 22 | This line is also useful for pinching on swan shot when I need a heavier indicator . |
| 23 | And when I bribe a willing campesina to buy a train ticket for me — gringo tourists are not supposed to use cheap local transport but to stick together on the ninety dollar tourist train — I shall be continuing a gentle descent into the lushly green Urubamba valley that , eighty kilometres beyond the small town of Aguas Calientes , becomes thick , matted jungle ; becomes a hideout for Sendero . |
| 24 | ‘ When I wear a fine coat , the working people that I want for models are afraid of me and distrust me , or they want more money from me . ’ |
| 25 | CAN anyone explain why a mail-order figurine takes eight days to arrive from Marseilles in France , but when I order a similar item from Canterbury — just 15 miles up the A2 from here — they advise me to allow 28 days for delivery . |