Example sentences of "when [pron] [was/were] [verb] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ You saved my life when I was dying on the hillside . ’ |
| 2 | Erm we had gone down to , to , to Bognor to the christening of her , our nephew and she was n't too , th that was in November , it was sort of middle of November , and something was going wrong there and so when I , when I was retiring on the twenty seventh of November she could n't come in and er |
| 3 | " It never occurred to me till yesterday , Mr Feather , when I was sitting on the seat and she smiled at me . |
| 4 | er better support and better advice for schools , but I agree entirely with what says , it 's no good having the best advice in the world if we ca n't deliver the er , er , the , the recommendations and one of the things that er has been borne in , on me , when I was sitting on the panel looking at special educational needs that the early identification of the early intervention when there are difficulties which start to arise in schools can save you a lot of money later on and unless the schools have the resources to er , er to meet with the er recommendations which are being made on particular children , then we are asking for trouble there , so that I 'm very concerned about the fact that er , the like , like the early one which was er increase that er provision . |
| 5 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 6 | I met him quite by chance when I was rambling on the shore . |
| 7 | I told you that when you were sitting on the fountain . |
| 8 | When she was seated on the sofa with a glass of brandy , he spoke . |
| 9 | When she was missing on the set , she could always be found in the stars ' dressing-rooms . |
| 10 | When she was interviewed on the television recently she said things like : |
| 11 | Cheshire NFU chairman Barbara Smith put it well when she was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 's early morning ‘ Farming Today . ’ |
| 12 | Cheshire NFU chairman Barbara Smith put it well when she was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 's early morning ‘ Farming Today . ’ |
| 13 | When she was laid on the bed Dot felt the room spin . |
| 14 | I was reminded of this , the other night at a little theatre , I forgotten it er , when we were watching on the point of |
| 15 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ When we were waiting on the beach I do n't think we considered our chances of survival . |
| 17 | During the last year erm when we were working on the requirement , we carried out a number of erm comparisons descoping or aircraft in various respects . |
| 18 | And it was er , it was quite amazing when we were going on the motorway we saw these cars with erm er er there was like Pakistani erm and Turkish flags flying and when we got , er when we was going at the night time to Blackpool it was crammed ! |
| 19 | In March 1908 a crossover was laid near the top of Tamworth Road , so that a second car could reverse when one was standing on the terminal stub . |
| 20 | He 'd noticed this when they were trespassing on the embankment one day , playing Robin Hood and his Merrie Men . |
| 21 | The DIY was given a lower priority from then on but , even when they were working on the house , the mood changed enormously . |
| 22 | ‘ Miss Hatherby says that she can write to the principal of her college when I 'm in the sixth form and see if they can give me a place , ’ Constance said casually when they were sitting on the lawn one afternoon . |
| 23 | I reviewed this 1935 recording of the Slavonic Dances when it was reissued on the BBC 's Vintage Collection label ( 12/89 — nla ) . |
| 24 | ‘ I could do with a cup of tea , Lydia , ’ she smiled and when it was placed on the table before her , she wrapped both hands round it in a gesture which seemed natural , here in her mother 's kitchen . |
| 25 | In 1988 it was selected from a session and in 1989 it won people over again when it was included on the LP . |
| 26 | Gradually you saw this self-absorbed monarch stripped down of all his trappings , until a wonderful scene when he was kneeling on the ground staring at his reflection , and suddenly he shattered the mirror against his foreheard . |
| 27 | However , an Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman , when he was asked on the same day whether negotiations had been more constructive with regard to the long-standing Kashmir dispute , said only that " the talks should be viewed as a measured and gradual approach to stabilization of our relations " . |
| 28 | Among the Chinese he was known as the ‘ iron-headed rat ’ , referring to an incident at Canton when he was struck on the head by a club and shrugged off the attack . |
| 29 | A MAN aged 26 suffered a fractured skull when he was struck on the head by an axe during a row at his home . |
| 30 | Sean Thompson , 52 , was more than twice over the limit when he was stopped on the way home from the station . |