Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I finally went for the ( pregnancy ) test , I thought , this is it , this is the point where I go on the Pill . |
| 2 | When I finally took off the overtrousers , the fleece trousers I was wearing underneath were completely dry , which is what I would have expected from their three-layer Gore-Tex construction . |
| 3 | when I finally got to the start line at 9.41 am I started to pick my way through the crowd , with difficulty . |
| 4 | I was sure that I 'd be safe from then when I finally emerged from the city on the far side — it was n't likely that rats would abe allowed too close to the Divine Sanctum — but I could n't yet see any sign of a far side . |
| 5 | When I finally moved at the end of September , it was an enormous step in my life . |
| 6 | I 'd just turned right off the B1 150 at Fairstead when I nearly crashed into the back of this unlit car skewed across the road . |
| 7 | When I eventually got off the bus back in Maseru I nearly collapsed , such was my weakness . |
| 8 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 9 | I then zealous to understand I I er , er , erm sought it Statutes , Volume thirty-three nineteen ninety three edition and studied most carefully pages six hundred and seventy-five to six hundred and seventy-seven and there I found an account of what has happened to Sections two and three and also for the first time light was shed upon Section two A. My Lords , I have from time to time ventured to express some doubt as to whether our legislative procedures were as excellent , as I 'm sure Your Lordships would wish them to be and when I recently suggested in the most mild terms to Her Majesty 's Government that they might consider some form of enquiry into our legislative procedures to see whether as they were as high class as they should be , erm I was given a very negative reply the clear influence of which was that the our legislative procedures could not possibly be improved and My Lords I do really think with respect that that is a proposition which is open to doubt . |
| 10 | I was when I actually bumped into the Bishop of the other day . |
| 11 | And so , from 1958 onwards , these characters became my dolls , and their way , of life and the houses they inhabited became so real to me that it was quite a shock when I occasionally returned to the place which had started it all , Wood Green , near Witney . |
| 12 | I remember the days of the old motorbike test , when you just rode around the block a few times while the examiner walked to various points and watched you . |
| 13 | When you actually went into the kitchen what type of things were in there ? |
| 14 | I 've never been used to doing that and it makes such a lot of difference when you actually speak to the people . |
| 15 | Go on does n't it make you sort of bias when you actually work for the system ? |
| 16 | When you then look at the bits that are left over , erm we 've got Hambleton District Council which has er had the er er earliest I think local running down the centre of the county . |
| 17 | Or possibly , when you really think about the choices , some of your earlier priorities will seem less important . |
| 18 | When she finally went to the family planning clinic , the woman she saw was not very sympathetic , she said " What school do you go to ? " and when I told her she said " You 've really thrown away your chances . " " |
| 19 | She kept him waiting and when she finally emerged from the stage door he had been waylaid by Freddie Reynalde . |
| 20 | But when she finally arrived at the little mews her heart gave a lurch . |
| 21 | I 'll see Betty there he said when she bloody gets on the counters . |
| 22 | For answer he pushed her in the shoulder , and when she almost tipped over the bird cage at her feet his other hand came out and , steadying her , he laughed down into her face as he said , ‘ Sarky little bitch , are n't you ? |
| 23 | When she actually spoke to the guy she was quite amiable . |
| 24 | And then , when she only stared at the car without responding , he added , ‘ I said it was a matter of timing . |
| 25 | Katie Jane absolved herself of all responsibility for this when she recently claimed in the NME that is was all the onlooker 's problem . |
| 26 | When we finally get to the house I will show you something and maybe you will change your mind about many things . ’ |
| 27 | When we finally emerged from the mouth of the tributary it was evident that the Thames was in flood . |
| 28 | ‘ It says something for the civilising effect of our upbringing that we can both sit here calmly sharing a meal together when we freely admit to the same deep-seated and violent antipathy . ’ |
| 29 | First the wild unconscious play when we hardly distinguished between the open fields and the neighbourhood of towns except that we preferred the fields . |
| 30 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |