Example sentences of "[pron] when i [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | And so I when I got back from the talk I had a look and sure enough there are , throughout the British Isles there are five New Brightons . |
2 | and Wilfred told me himself when I went up there ! |
3 | But I wanted to be the Somebody when I came back to her . |
4 | ‘ I did n't have a chance to get a briefing from Graeme but I did n't get one when I took over from Kenny Dalglish . |
5 | As a child , I can remember it ever so well , doing it , mm , taking this apple out and and invariably used to have one when I went in . |
6 | I had been fed on a diet of Enid Blyton and her boarding school series , so I was eager — even excited — to be joining one when I came over to take my ‘ A ’ levels in the late sixties : I was not at all prepared for the harsh realities of English middle-class racism . |
7 | I knew I had done something when I went down in the tackle . ’ |
8 | ‘ He was writing something when I came in , only he would n't show it to me . ’ |
9 | Well that one you have to ring the head office in Bangor , I had to ring her when I got back . |
10 | Mr Benn is a thoroughly charming man , and I was pleased to pay tribute to him when I got up to speak . |
11 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
12 | ‘ I found him when I came back from lunch . |
13 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |
14 | ‘ I saw him when I went down to make myself a cup of tea , just letting himself out the door he was . ’ |
15 | Then Mr Jarvis had a friend with him when I went out to deal with piglets who were scouring , and this man owns a smallholding near by . |
16 | Because at one of our talks er before the financial advisor spoken to a chap that happened to be sitting near him when I moved out of this desk and he got rather a ler lu large investment and yet m and and he was quite happy with his investment yet much to my astonishment he completed this application form for the investment advisor to advise him on his investment . |
17 | I was as bad as him when I started up in the butchering . |
18 | She never said anything about it when I went up there for my last leave , and she 's never written about it since , but I can imagine a little of what she felt . |
19 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
20 | He asked me when I wanted to do the interview , I was going out of the hotel and so we 'd do it when I got back . |
21 | She was into it when I got back from college . |
22 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
23 | ‘ I was new to it when I came out here . |
24 | And she said , ‘ Schubert — ’ I said , ‘ No , I smelt it when I came in . ’ |
25 | what when I got back ? |
26 | so she said I thought to myself when I went in I hope the two hundred pound one 's mine , Joe 'll go mad if it 's over four hundred ! |
27 | ‘ That 's just what I said to myself when I woke up this morning , but when I looked on the floor , there was the veil , torn in two halves ! ’ |
28 | Oh I could have kicked myself when I got up there . |
29 | I kept this news to myself when I found out . |
30 | I felt really good a few pounds lighter and with a tan , and I wanted to stay like that and surprise everyone when I got back , especially my boyfriend , who might have been wishing I was thinner . |