Example sentences of "[noun] when i [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not recall seeing any other walkers when I climbed the Ben by the route I have described some thirty-odd years ago although the day was fine and the month May . |
| 2 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 3 | ‘ I just could n't believe my eyes when I opened the box and a small white West Highland Terrier looking up at me . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I gave you back some tearducts when I inserted the new model . |
| 5 | A good eight hour sleep following a hot bath did not prevent a certain stiffness of limbs when I attended the Cities Service programme rehearsal with Jessica Dragonette and Andre Kostelanetz the next afternoon . |
| 6 | After she had roared off , it was one of those days when I had the house to myself . |
| 7 | This happened to be the very moment when I dropped the punt-pole into the water , the idea being that Dennis could grab hold of it and I would then pull him in . |
| 8 | ‘ Forty marked the moment when I turned the magnifying side of my make-up mirror to the wall ’ |
| 9 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |
| 10 | I should have known I would have problems when I crossed the border of a place whose name I could hardly pronounce — Mosonmagyaróvár . |
| 11 | ‘ Picture my feelings when I found the causeway was under water ! |
| 12 | It was a great thing the other day when I saw the combine harvester coming up the glen . |
| 13 | On another day when I asked the question , she began slowly and with difficulty to lift the skirts of her dress , revealing bare knees . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been to that riding-stable — Angela 's sister Jennifer and I went hacking one day when I stayed the weekend there . |
| 15 | The ride from Pimlico to Portobello took well over ninety minutes and it was gone midnight when I beached the car on a double yellow line outside my sock . |
| 16 | ‘ I told you last night when I brought the evenings over how it would be . |
| 17 | ‘ Then the drugs must have been taken then , unless it was during this morning when I unlocked the cupboard with Dr Rafaelo 's key to take out anti-inflammatory tablets for Señora Thorpe . ’ |
| 18 | I could have wept this morning when I opened the papers , I really could . |
| 19 | I think I 'm playing better than last month when I won the Rothmans Grand Prix . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ In all my years of motor racing , I can only think of a couple of times when I mastered the machine as at the Nürburgring in 1968 . |
| 21 | I remembered times when I rang the bell and there had been no answer . |
| 22 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |
| 23 | I had fished for half an hour when I felt the line tighten . |
| 24 | Did you see their faces when I asked the question ? ’ |
| 25 | [ This message was dramatically reinforced in March this year when I broke the story about the impending separation of the Duke and Duchess of York . |
| 26 | After last year when I lost the championship by one point on the last round I never imagined I would end up winning it this time with two rounds to spare . ’ |
| 27 | The drought had caused them to settle , cracking the mortar — though I was still glad of the welding goggles when I wielded the pick and sledge . |
| 28 | Of course , there was always Agnes , and I lived for the nights when I joined the Ralembergs for their simple meal . |
| 29 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 30 | But I knew there 'd have to come a time when I broke the news to him that the education system and I had split up . |