Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Italy , when I lived there 20 years ago it was common knowledge that many small businesses kept two sets of books : one for the authorities , the other for real . |
| 2 | She wrote to her daughter , Flavia : ‘ When I get madly boyish No 2 is in charge , and then , after a bit , the situation is reversed . ’ |
| 3 | Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
| 5 | So when I got there this morning he was still in his pyjamas he 'd got on quite well , all he wanted me to do was wash his face . |
| 6 | I goes erm I know exactly what 's gon na happen when I go away this Easter . |
| 7 | When I go home this evening my wife and I will sit and talk about what should be done and take legal advice because I do n't believe they should walk free . |
| 8 | I have a Matchman Hooktier which tends to put kinks in the hook length , especially when I use very fine lines . |
| 9 | How can I ever become a good painter when I know so little geometry and mathematics ? |
| 10 | When I returned home that afternoon I was surprised to find Dad already sitting in his chair by the fire . |
| 11 | When I came here this morning she was pulling the child 's hair out of her head . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ When I came home that night she was still up . |
| 13 | When I left home that baby was n't even thought about and by the time I get home it will be a year old ! ’ |
| 14 | When I run away twelve months later I took two 'undred and nineteen pennies with me , which meant I 'd showed him me legs two 'undred and nineteen times in a year . |
| 15 | Yeah well er the shoeing today is completely different to what it was when I started nearly sixty year ago . |
| 16 | During the last summer of the disease , when I weighed under six stone , I must have been perpetually cold . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't see the sense in leaving all the work to you , when I have so much time on my hands . ’ |
| 18 | Yeah , it effects me like that when I drink really cold drink . |
| 19 | When you had too many men for the jobs that needed doing , did the men get paid ? |
| 20 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 21 | You did n't when you come home last time and you were |
| 22 | It can provide general lighting so you can move around safely and see more or less what you are doing when it 's dark outside ; task lighting when you want more concentrated light in a particular area for a particular job ( including reading ) ; mood lighting to provide different atmospheres in different rooms at different times ; and it can also be used to illuminate the outside of the home . |
| 23 | this is all fine and jim dandy when you have just two blocks to fit together : the fun starts when three , four and even five have to be whammed together simultaneously . |
| 24 | She added : ‘ When you have as many problems as the Clintons are having , you try to deflect attention . |
| 25 | ‘ How can you rent a house when you have only one pound a week in the world ? ’ |
| 26 | It is frustrating as a producer , when you have so many ideas that are worth trying to make it better . ’ |
| 27 | And there are too many of these domestic sitcoms , it 's boring when you see yet another washing-up scene , but there 'll always be good ones coming along . ’ |
| 28 | Prost 's observations need to be weighed against his mounting paranoia as Senna continually proves to be the faster of the two but , when you see only one member of the McLaren-Honda management standing by Prost 's car on the grid in Spain while five key people fussed around Senna , Prost 's fears would appear to have substance . |
| 29 | Let's face it , when you work hard all year round to save money for a couple of weeks in the sunshine , you deserve to enjoy yourself . |
| 30 | When you buy almost any product , you also are buying the use of some fuel or energy as well as the actual material . |