Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I had left him for Bath , he had said , sadly , seeing me off at Salamanca station : ‘ I should have come with you when your father died . |
| 2 | When I said thank you for that . |
| 3 | His fingers warm against her cheek , as though he needed to touch , he continued , ‘ When you 've wanted something for so long , and you finally think you 've found it , and then it all turns to ashes , it makes you over-react — sounds lame , does n't it ? |
| 4 | Teaching somebody to drive when you 've driven yourself for a number of years is really hard . |
| 5 | She and Sheila had had disagreements before — not really surprising when you 'd known someone for twelve years , since the first day they had peered at the college noticeboard together . |
| 6 | The last thing you want is to start an involved conversation because when you come to do it for real , it can all seem a bit stale . |
| 7 | However , when you decide to purchase one for yourself , here are a few Do 's and Don'ts to assist in your selection : |
| 8 | With surprise , Juliet realised he was referring to his hospital episode , when she had nursed him for the last two weeks of his stay . |
| 9 | His second victim was drugged and raped when she went to see him for advice about work three months later . |
| 10 | Remember what she said on that video film when when he when she wanted to do it for too holidays . |
| 11 | Why had the Revolution given us all so little when we had sacrificed everything for it ? ’ |
| 12 | Cliff had a magnificent physique , was always commanding in the air and possessed a fearsome shot — and Palace fans knew his quality from previous encounters , when he had opposed us for Watford and Northampton . |
| 13 | When Angel One had reported back to Dragon Control early on the day following the destruction of his Bethlehem House base , the Controller had been unable to keep the malicious satisfaction out of his voice when he had berated him for his ignominious failure , as he put it , in allowing his entire organisation to be destroyed by unforeseen enemy action . |
| 14 | yeah , and the tomatoes were n't bright , ca n't get no more of them nectarines , when he says keep 'em for two days cos they were hard , gets after two days |
| 15 | when he , when they do discover it , when he does discover it for himself , he thinks , hey , I can do this and I invented this myself . |
| 16 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |