Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not find any improvement in actual dollars spent on maintenance when I compared an object-oriented system written in 350,000 lines of C++ with a comparably complex product written in 1.25 million lines of C code . |
| 2 | When I received an unexpected invitation , I do n't know how , to deliver the opening address of an important conference on Germanic studies at Göttingen dedicated to ‘ Controversies ancient and modern ’ , I chose to raise this issue , which seemed so crucial to me . |
| 3 | I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside . |
| 4 | Not even when I got a new baby was it . |
| 5 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 6 | Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway . |
| 7 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 8 | When I announced the Green Paper last July , the hon. Gentleman said that he would examine our proposals carefully . |
| 9 | I was just going to look through it to find out what was happening in the passage when I saw a fishy eye fixed in the centre . |
| 10 | At about three o'clock in the afternoon , I was standing at the door of the inn when I saw a blind man coming along the road . |
| 11 | One day I disturbed three separate males and was feeling thoroughly frustrated and incompetent when I saw a magnificent bull , silhouetted on a ridge against the setting sun , a graceful , powerful body with a great sweep of spiralling horns . |
| 12 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 13 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 14 | When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold . |
| 15 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 16 | As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems . |
| 17 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 18 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 19 | When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted . |
| 20 | One morning I was driving along the road when I saw an old man frantically waving a walking stick at passing cars . |
| 21 | In March , on a visit to Leatherhead , I was walking around the JS branch when I saw an old customer . |
| 22 | I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem . |
| 23 | I have had a bit of ‘ medical ’ excitement myself since I last wrote : first when I overturned a full supermarket trolley on to my leg , bursting a small artery with dramatically bloody results . |
| 24 | When I hired a private detective to test this hypothesis |
| 25 | When I congratulated the poor girl , she almost fainted . |
| 26 | My shorthand also let me down when I attended a local inquest . |
| 27 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 28 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
| 29 | When I had a small printing business in Stornoway several of my employees were crofters . |
| 30 | When I had a close look at it , I saw that the inside of its mouth , which should have been pink , was very pale and frothing . |