Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [be] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT IS more than possible that I am missing a point , showing a lack of imagination , remaining in the Middle Ages and have my feet firmly stuck in the mud when I am under the impression they are just on the ground . |
| 2 | The outfits are also useful for training ; when I am on the back straight at West London , Ron can see what I 'm doing quite clearly , especially on the video afterwards . |
| 3 | When I am on the Government side of the House it will be my turn to answer questions . |
| 4 | Probably when I am on the bus I am sitting in someone 's special place . |
| 5 | I always do sit with my hands in my pockets , except when I am in the company of my sisters , my cousins , or my aunts ; and they kick up such a shindy — I should say expostulate so eloquently on the subject — that I have to give up and take them out — my hands I mean . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
| 7 | Some years ago when I was on the edge of Christianity , I spoke to a large gathering about the problematic nature of the Godhead for women . |
| 8 | I 'm amazingly affluent compared with a few years ago , especially when I was on the dole for three years . |
| 9 | Er I mean , you will know that I wrote a book called No time for Ostriches in when I was on the back benches , in favour of work fare . |
| 10 | I thought I heard them when I was on the phone . |
| 11 | And for another thing , he began to take an interest in me just when I was on the rebound from a very unhappy love affair — the kind of let-down that alters not just your life but even your nature . |
| 12 | I 'm not against the principle as I said when I came , when I was on the Council previously , when this was first hanging about , that there 's little doubt about it as , it 's a good policy , but will we get the money to carry it out . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't 'elp it , misses , ’ he sobbed , ‘ bigger than me he was , this boy set about me and when I was on the floor he kicked me and took the boots away from me . |
| 14 | " The wife did n't guess till it slipped out when I was on the sauce the other night . |
| 15 | I mean I bought one or two pair of clogs when I was on the dredger and we 'd take the iro iron piece off underneath , that 's just like a , a shoe what a horse have , like go round the |
| 16 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 17 | ‘ I used to know a pickpocket when I was on the beat a million years ago . |
| 18 | Everybody knew and said I should leave , but it 's not so easy to leave your home and all the furniture I 'd bought when I was on the railway . |
| 19 | When I was on the parapet of the convent wall I saw fresh horse dung lying near the main gate ; it was not from our mounts , but the lady prioress said no one had approached the convent . ’ |
| 20 | When I was on the motor cycles , he used to collar me to take him home for lunch . |
| 21 | ‘ Well — when I was at the camp on Saturday night , we were talking about dreams . ’ |
| 22 | But I can remember once when I was at the school Mrs was our music teacher and we were to go from doh to far , you know doh to far , and they used to s , she used to say listen to Mabel , Mabel 's the only one one of you that can go from doh to far . |
| 23 | When I was at the centre , they do n't encourage you to stop smoking , stop drinking coffee , or lose weight . |
| 24 | When I was at the Post Office . |
| 25 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 26 | When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible . |
| 27 | When I was at the garage getting the petrol I give them , signed the cheque and they put the cheque through the cheque machine printing it out and that and er they 've got a free offer at the moment . |
| 28 | And he seemed as if had been here when I was down the road |
| 29 | Not back then when I was with the Go Go 's . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was in the Army I sometimes wondered if the young could forgive the grown-ups , ’ said Joe , thinking the new lodger a beauty . |