Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ when I played my first match against Portugal I was lucky because it was a bit of a doddle . |
| 2 | ‘ Eleven years later it was like a dream come true when I played my first game for the club and he was still in goal . |
| 3 | My career was shaped , I suppose , when I sold my first sweater to a smart shop in Stratford at the tender age of sixteen . |
| 4 | He says : ‘ I was stunned when I received my first royalty cheque . |
| 5 | When I get my first wage packet let's blow it on an outing somewhere . |
| 6 | When I got my first laser printer many moons ago , my bank manager almost had a heart attack . |
| 7 | And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile . |
| 9 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 10 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |
| 11 | Kapil said : ‘ When I got my 400th Test wicket in Perth last year I promised Sunny that one day both records would belong to Indians and I intend to honour that . |
| 12 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 13 | In the it 's only just till the rep comes he said , when I saw her last week she said like you know , he had n't been if he |
| 14 | Do you know she 's now , she was quite cuddly , she was fat in the pregnancy when I saw her last time . |
| 15 | When I saw my first period I was scared to death . |
| 16 | ‘ I was encouraged by the way the idea was received by Sepp Blatter , Fifa 's general secretary , when I met him last month , ’ Kelly said yesterday , ‘ and I 've also been encouraged by his comments since then . ’ |
| 17 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 18 | I remember that when I had my first Meccano set , Dad made a simple hoist which was clamped to the table , a pulley was fixed to a hook above the mirror and my Teddy Bear used to go on trips up to the ceiling . |
| 19 | ‘ When I had my first heart attack 12 years ago I was terrified . |
| 20 | ‘ When I had my first implant , sir , ’ the soldier confessed , ‘ my old woman said to me , Frinza , he said , get yourself in the army soon as you can , boy . |
| 21 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 22 | It got broken when I dropped everything last night . |
| 23 | The Club Class lounge ( not quite ready when I viewed it last month ) will offer seclusion and extra comfort for £6 — £8 : a good way to escape school parties . |
| 24 | ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! |
| 25 | When I left you last month I was looking forward to the second round of the Macpherson Paints UK Championships to be fished at Diglis Weir on the River Severn . |
| 26 | When I took my first weekend break in Paris in the early 70 's I booked with Cresta Holidays who were then the leading Manchester/Paris weekend break specialists . |
| 27 | I was just about to say something like " What 's the idea of all those tricks you play on me ? " when I took my first look at the dog and everything else fled from my mind . |
| 28 | I was deeply imbued with the historic and cultural spells of this monumental structure when I took my first walk round the cloisters of the inner courtyard , whose first-floor gallery , open to the sky , is beautifully panelled and wainscoted . |
| 29 | I was 19 and still studying at RADA when I made my first TV appearance . |
| 30 | When I reached my 19th birthday , I received several nice presents from Mum , Carl , Etty and Jerry . |