Example sentences of "when i [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 2 | At one time , when I was touring in the theatre , I can remember simply having tea for breakfast and then going the whole day with nothing , then a tiny snack in the evening . |
| 3 | Often times when I was going into the country after orders and so on in the autumn , I 'd look at a field that had been freshly ploughed up after the harvest ; and I 'd think to myself how much like a piece of Doncaster Cord it was — colour , straight lines and everything . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No , that one time when I was standing underneath the stage was close enough for me . |
| 5 | We met in 1963 when I was working on the Daily Express 's William Hickey column , and Peter was writing on the Sunday Express . |
| 6 | I remember when I was working on the building sites in Manchester , the Irish lads called onions " navvies ' apples " and some of them would peel them and eat them whole like fruit . |
| 7 | I remembered once , in the middle of summer two years ago , when I was coming down the path in the late dusk after a day 's walking in the hills beyond the town , I saw in the gathering night strange lights , shifting in the air over and far beyond the island . |
| 8 | Oh , that was when I was waiting in the queue were n't it ? |