Example sentences of "[noun pl] when [pron] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 2 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 3 | I heaped much obscene verbal abuse on various owners to the extent that several begin to leash in their ugly mutts when they saw me coming . |
| 4 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't defend my actions when you call me names . |
| 6 | Total costs will be in the region of £2,000 — I 'll get firm quotes when you let me know if these specs are OK |
| 7 | But then people started talking , whispering behind their hands when they saw me . |
| 8 | Contrast the English praise of a widow at a funeral , ‘ she held up well ’ , with the ritualised outpouring of Iranian grief , complete with howling , wailing and tearing of hair — ‘ What am I going to answer the children when you ask me where is their father ? |
| 9 | We had gone two or three miles when he asked me what I did and how I came to be hitch-hiking . |
| 10 | WILLIAMS , formally ] I am very glad to see you well and I am very glad of an opportunity to acknowledge your good intentions when you believed me in distress . |