Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got to the first rehearsal she announced , ‘ You 're all going to be in the Command Performance . ’ |
| 2 | But I was okay when I got to the first tee . ’ |
| 3 | When I came to the last two years of school , I wanted to specialize in mathematics and physics . |
| 4 | Then when I came to the third I did not like it . |
| 5 | When I came to the third class , the head introduced me as the ‘ expert from London ’ . |
| 6 | When I went to the first meeting I had been appointed to the job , I went to the first meeting and there in front of me were lots of people who were managing their own schools and they were organising how to spend money that they had been allocated . |
| 7 | Yet when I awake to the next day and my leaden legs , the flat is dark with disrepair — the light in the fridge has gone out , the milk is off . |
| 8 | For instance , if I had written six songs , one on each record , that used the Not Of This Earth technique of one bass note , three chords , pitch axis , it would be quite boring at a concert when you get to the fourth one . |
| 9 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 10 | Often a tape is purchased , with the hypnotist 's voice making new suggestions such as ‘ you will be relaxed at the start of your next race ’ , or ‘ when you reach the half-way point in the race , you will find new energy ’ or ‘ when you go to the next committee meeting , you will not feel dominated by the others , but will feel free to express your views without fear ’ : the applications of this technique are endless . |
| 11 | Now , when you say to the first person ‘ point to a row across ’ if they point to a row without a king you say ‘ You pointed to this I will take it away ’ . |
| 12 | When she got to the first landing , her mother 's bedroom door suddenly flew open and her mother burst out . |
| 13 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 14 | I think , I think , I think on the er planning report when we went to the last planning committee when the refusal was made highways said the access was okay . |
| 15 | When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion . |
| 16 | At this stage we do not know whether the " dayes ' are general ( which would imply that the missing verb is are ) or particular ; but we get a clearer picture when we come to the second clause " when I / Shin " d " . |
| 17 | Its appearance in Anselm 's later letters will require further discussion when we come to the next phase in Anselm 's life . |
| 18 | When we turn to the third section of Figure 1.10 , we see a wide range of devices for receiving information from the outside world , for transmitting information to the outside world , and for expanding the storage capacity of the computer . |
| 19 | Only when we get to the seventh paragraph of the story do we hear Benn 's statement to the court , which claims that the PC said : ‘ You black bastard , this will teach you to mess about with the police . ’ |
| 20 | but erm , we 'll , we 'll spend start the whole questions again when we get to the next one |
| 21 | My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole . |
| 22 | When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
| 23 | The problems arise when we shift to the first person , asking how we come to have knowledge of the world , and asking how we are justified in dismissing the possibility that reality is wholly other than we take it to be . |
| 24 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 25 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 26 | ‘ When it come to the last quarter of an hour , you want to have that last a long while ! ’ |
| 27 | When it gets to the last line the beam shoots back to the top . |
| 28 | But when it came to the first anecdote the tale of her son 's embarrassing performance in a school Nativity play the old professional skills suddenly shone through . |
| 29 | And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ . |
| 30 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |