Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I turn in the saddle and point it out to him with vigorous gestures , his curiosity is aroused . |
| 2 | When I ran into the kitchen the oven was lying on the ground and thought she had done it . |
| 3 | I watched the clock ticking away as I approached , and when I passed through the finish line I held my arms up to heaven and with my eyes closed said ‘ Thank you god . |
| 4 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
| 5 | By then the noise of the avalanche had died away , only the echoes of it reverberating across the valley , and when I shifted into the driving seat and looked back , the road behind us had ceased to exist . |
| 6 | Teaching young children the right from wrong , and why the police are there and , accepting them as friends , like we did when I lived in the village . |
| 7 | I was not to attend St Stephen 's until years later , when I lived in the parish ; but meanwhile I had attended Tenebrae more than once , and had indeed found it beautiful and moving , with the abrupt strepitacula somehow reinforcing the effect . |
| 8 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 9 | He knows that the knickers I wear when I sit in the saddle are not the smartest articles of underwear in my wardrobe . |
| 10 | When I sit in the room with it , he wrote , it 's like sitting in a room with a corpse . |
| 11 | He regains his strength when I sit upon the bed beside him ; he reaches for me , he kisses me violently . |
| 12 | When I knocked at the door , Mr Rochester 's old servant , John , opened it and recognized me . |
| 13 | I was often to think of them when I reflected on the career of Portia Forbes . |
| 14 | Sorry for whinging , but when I get onto the computer and it says ‘ 8 new messages ’ I think Oh goody ! |
| 15 | When I get onto the pavement I just sit there with my feet in the road . |
| 16 | When I get to the road , with St James 's Park beyond , as fresh and green as an early summer salad , I stop and turn . |
| 17 | " When I get to the bend I 'll stamp . |
| 18 | When I get to the end I stop and have a look round . |
| 19 | Is there any signal when I get to the van ? ’ |
| 20 | When I get to the township , three women have already prepared the bread dough in a bucket . |
| 21 | I have to I h I when I get to the office , I 'll h I 'll h I 'll have a look a bit closer . |
| 22 | I shall not live it down when I get to the office . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll have a look at that when I get to the house . ’ |
| 24 | I hit the ball great on the range but when I get on the course it all goes wrong . |
| 25 | ‘ But when I get in the weight room at Chelsea , the other lads put me to shame . |
| 26 | She said for when I get in the car . |
| 27 | When I got on the edge of the road I said to them , ‘ Who 's winning ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I saw you there when I got off the airport bus . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You were holding up the kiosk when I got off the train , were n't you ? ’ |
| 30 | When I got off the bus she was at Hackney Cen Central with all her friends . |