Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met Dr Johannsen , the senior therapist at the local hospital , when I was hunting for wood on the beach at Cator . |
| 2 | ‘ He was working in the gardens at the château when I was staying in France , and I discovered he was English . |
| 3 | I mean you look at , see I I 've had , I felt like when I was coughing at work I felt like sitting there and I thought I ca n't believe this . |
| 4 | ‘ I played for their club when I was touring in Germany , and they volunteered to come over and help us whenever they could . |
| 5 | I was gon na say about sex education that when I was learning at school , it 's also very male dominated erm it was , I mean you were talking about erm what 's i li , the differences between males and females learning about sex education and wha , and we were learnt about the the man having pleasure , we were taught about the man having the erection and the man having the orgasm , I mean , we did n't even know what a clitoris was ! |
| 6 | When I was looking for data to check out these observations , I found plenty of examples — and where ? |
| 7 | Later on , when I was living in Cardiff , I would often miss the last bus from my girlfriend 's house and she used to lend me her bicycle . |
| 8 | I got to know it pretty well when I was living in Sheffield and I 'd recommend anyone to take a walking holiday there . |
| 9 | ‘ When I was living in New Hampshire , ’ he said , ‘ about half my friends , many of whom had no connection with the building industry , built their own houses . |
| 10 | Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift . |
| 11 | Yes , I did open the door for somebody when I was leaving for work . |
| 12 | Quietly D'Arcy said : ‘ Why did you never mention that you had a wife and child when I was asking about relatives or friends who might be in danger from these Iranians ? ’ |
| 13 | I have quite a few contacts — people who knew me when I was designing for Carnega — and they have been very encouraging . |
| 14 | ‘ When I was coming to Peru , that 's what someone said : ‘ The jungle 's drugs , the mountains are terrorists and the coast 's robbers . ' ’ |
| 15 | You brought me a hare to eat when I was starving to death . ’ |
| 16 | I knew I could get pregnant when I was sleeping with Michael before . |
| 17 | It happened when I was standing beside Anne , resting between dances . |
| 18 | Was n't too easy for me , when I was standing for election . |
| 19 | Of his own interest in flying , Mr Tholen said : ‘ I was using air taxis a lot to go to the Continent when I was working at Billingham . ’ |
| 20 | Cos started a union up , but that was after when I was working at Squires but there was n't , there was n't a union , a union at all then , but er there was keen competition between Tonkses and cos they and , I mean they all developed the Yale and er we used to get a lot of visitors around , and er you used to get a lot of American visitors around , but erm it 's a it 's a very very old town is n't it , very old because mother used to do her shopping there and there were n't any buses running , but we used to go by wagonette from er to do the Saturday shopping er Applobish used to run the wagonettes and the daughter used to drive the two horses and |
| 21 | ‘ This is great , Ilona , ’ he says , leaning forward , ‘ because when I was working on Wall Street trying to get someone to risk his money on cotton , I would say , ‘ Bob , how can you get hurt by cotton ? |
| 22 | The short answer was that when I was working as inspector of taxes I used to give these talks , I was required to give talks . |
| 23 | ‘ When I was working in Bishopsgate I was using a different method , ’ Dexter explained . |
| 24 | When I was working in London , we often got clients who blamed us if their pets died . |
| 25 | A few years later Enright came to see me when I was working in Kuala Lumpur and he was Professor in Singapore . |
| 26 | When I was working in Australia I went swimming with some missionary friends near Darwin . |
| 27 | We met up again when I was working in television . |
| 28 | Yes , because er in the university when I was studying at home , we have not er this tutor system like here and so it 's really strange , but I think it 's a good idea of , er talking to your lecturers as equal people . |
| 29 | When I was sitting at dinner on the terrace . |
| 30 | But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended . |