Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb base] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when I awake to the next day and my leaden legs , the flat is dark with disrepair — the light in the fridge has gone out , the milk is off . |
| 2 | For instance , if I had written six songs , one on each record , that used the Not Of This Earth technique of one bass note , three chords , pitch axis , it would be quite boring at a concert when you get to the fourth one . |
| 3 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 4 | Often a tape is purchased , with the hypnotist 's voice making new suggestions such as ‘ you will be relaxed at the start of your next race ’ , or ‘ when you reach the half-way point in the race , you will find new energy ’ or ‘ when you go to the next committee meeting , you will not feel dominated by the others , but will feel free to express your views without fear ’ : the applications of this technique are endless . |
| 5 | Now , when you say to the first person ‘ point to a row across ’ if they point to a row without a king you say ‘ You pointed to this I will take it away ’ . |
| 6 | At this stage we do not know whether the " dayes ' are general ( which would imply that the missing verb is are ) or particular ; but we get a clearer picture when we come to the second clause " when I / Shin " d " . |
| 7 | Its appearance in Anselm 's later letters will require further discussion when we come to the next phase in Anselm 's life . |
| 8 | When we turn to the third section of Figure 1.10 , we see a wide range of devices for receiving information from the outside world , for transmitting information to the outside world , and for expanding the storage capacity of the computer . |
| 9 | Only when we get to the seventh paragraph of the story do we hear Benn 's statement to the court , which claims that the PC said : ‘ You black bastard , this will teach you to mess about with the police . ’ |
| 10 | but erm , we 'll , we 'll spend start the whole questions again when we get to the next one |
| 11 | The problems arise when we shift to the first person , asking how we come to have knowledge of the world , and asking how we are justified in dismissing the possibility that reality is wholly other than we take it to be . |
| 12 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 13 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 14 | ‘ When it come to the last quarter of an hour , you want to have that last a long while ! ’ |