Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] to 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 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 . |
| 7 | When she got to the first landing , her mother 's bedroom door suddenly flew open and her mother burst out . |
| 8 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When we came to the third hole I thought we were going to need some of that cushion . |
| 11 | My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 17 | When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect . |
| 18 | I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner . |
| 19 | He was going like a winner when he came to the third from home , fell and broke a leg . |