Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came because I liked what I saw when you passed me in the corridor back in Helsinki . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel it , when you tell me of the apparently acceptable behaviour amongst your contemporaries . ’ |
| 3 | I 'll give you the dirt , ’ he said , denying the child his treat , ‘ when you tell me about the will . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Then , when you disinherited me on the spot — oh , I do n't blame you for that , do n't think it ! — when you said we might reap the just rewards of our flight and marry as paupers , he … he left me flat . ’ |
| 5 | When you told me about the American girl , I hoped it meant you 'd got over Pickles . |
| 6 | ‘ And , even when you told me about the break-in , I knew it was n't really that . ’ |
| 7 | When you told me about the horoscopes , did n't I tell you I wanted to help ? |
| 8 | BELVILLE : You must bear with me ever when you find me in the wrong . |
| 9 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 10 | She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes . |
| 11 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 12 | I payed with my Vista card and although she was a hockey player , when she invited me to the opera I igried to go . |
| 13 | But this ruse failed , for the education journalists were not interested in the nice distinctions I offered them when they interviewed me on the phone . |
| 14 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 15 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy . |
| 17 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 18 | And when they rang me about the killing and somebody said , ‘ your friend 's been murdered , ’ I said , ‘ You 're talking rubbish . ’ ’ |
| 19 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 20 | The aim is to have about three suits per series — I certainly do n't want to come prancing on every week in something different , but neither do I want people to groan when they see me in the same old suit . |
| 21 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 22 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 23 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 24 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The closest we get together is when we dance and when he slaps me on the arse and that 's about it . |
| 27 | ‘ And he tried to put his tongue in my mouth and when he pulled me in the doorway he — he unfastened the front of his trousers . ’ |
| 28 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
| 29 | When he greets me at the door , he is still wearing an apron , after ‘ helping out ’ in the attached tea shop which he runs ‘ as a bit of a hobby ’ . |
| 30 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |