Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So when I went for my regular eye check-up I had no idea that anything was wrong . |
| 2 | I had first seen her in the desert when I went for my first ‘ bedu ’ breakfast and the prospective bridegroom 's brother had played fox in the hen coop . |
| 3 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |
| 4 | ‘ And when she fell for her thirteenth I said , ‘ Ca n't you get him to leave you alone ’ ( not that that 's what she wanted , knowing her ) , and she said , ‘ Well , what can I do ? |
| 5 | When we prepared for our next visit to , the secret camera was hidden in a jacket , the lens behind a badge in the buttonhole . |
| 6 | NEW pupils at a dog obedience class were all shapes and sizes when they arrived for their first lesson yesterday . |
| 7 | Also I know that my coach at North Harbour , Peter Thorburn , was very impressed with Ian when he played for us last summer . |
| 8 | When he reached for her free hand , clasping it in his own , it was as if she 'd touched a metal surface after walking on a nylon carpet — the shock of contact almost painful in its suddenness . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've — er — seen quite a bit of him since I met him when he called for you that time , ’ Leith managed , the ever-present ‘ if you value your job ’ threat there in her head again . |