Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] 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 came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Every month I look in your magazine for anything to do with Dalmations and I was overjoyed when I looked at the last page . |
| 9 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 10 | When she got to the first landing , her mother 's bedroom door suddenly flew open and her mother burst out . |
| 11 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 12 | The thought had no sooner entered her mind when she tripped over the first slat of the drawbridge and fell to her knees before she could save herself . |
| 13 | When she cried in the first therapeutic session , he could not move over to comfort her and was surprised when the therapist drew attention to this strong communication which he had ignored . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you alone ? ’ asked Helen , when she phoned through the next afternoon to the College of Further Education staff common room during Greg 's free period . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When we went round the first corner at about 90kph Tony went very quiet . |
| 17 | When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion . |
| 18 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 19 | The information that the Departments have presented to us on which to er respond to the consultation has n't even been very and indeed when we requested after the first round of consultation to know the existing number of lines on which they placed er their , their recommendations . |
| 20 | My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 23 | To the English , when they returned in the fifteenth century , fortified towns provided both a military threat and a challenge which they could not ignore . |
| 24 | Some submissions were to clear the initial hurdles relatively quickly , even when they fell at the first one . |
| 25 | When they resumed on the third afternoon after time lost for rain , they lost quick wickets , and at 214 for 6 seemed to have wasted the advantage . |
| 26 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 27 | We led by two shots going into the last round , and when it blew on the last day , I did n't think anybody could beat Trevino . |
| 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 . |