Example sentences of "[noun sg] when i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | I tell you something I was amazed at erm the reading book he appeared with , Fluff and Nip and goodness knows what that went out with the ark when I came out of college , I do n't know whether they 're all reading that or whether it 's just sort of found them and must of been just perhaps a one off or something , but , I was amazed |
2 | ‘ I knew very little about Irish League football when I came back from Nottingham Forest , except that Linfield and Glentoran were the top two clubs . |
3 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
4 | ‘ And in case you do n't believe me I would n't still have been covered in snow when I came in if I had ’ |
5 | I 'll have my tea when I get in . |
6 | " I 'll give you a ring when I get back , " he said distantly . |
7 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
8 | It was daylight when I woke up . |
9 | ‘ There was a message from you on the tape when I got back last night . |
10 | This , of course , is very unfair : it is just not reasonable for me to flounce about in the bathroom for hours and then make a man feel inadequate when I catch him using my dental floss. or to bellow in disgust when I find out he blow-dries his hair . |
11 | be able to say to you which I 'll have to say next term when I go in to do my inspections , I 'll have to say to the teacher er , one |
12 | Well , sex was the last thing on my mind when I got out . |
13 | A mass of mail when I got back here — replies saying NO for example for the part time post of editor of the Episcopal Church paper up here and a NO from a firm opening up a new range of discount grocery stores . |
14 | A television play or four weeks away in repertory was OK , but I finally lost my agent when I turned down an interview for a job in June , ‘ because I 'll be picking the gooseberries ’ . |
15 | With a wry smile she added , ‘ They 'll fink I 'm a Bolshevik when I go down that Council on Monday mornin' . ’ |
16 | ‘ I was a drummer when I started out and so right now I know what a group of seven is , or three or five or eight . |
17 | We discussed all this in Committee when I set out our position clearly . |
18 | Do you reckon Dan might let me have a bit of toast when I get back or something ? |
19 | I went for a midnight walk last February — it was snowing , I just got the urge , it was like a fairy tale , clean and soft — and they were standing in the hall when I got back , eyes frantic , fingers pointing , accusing me of — what ? |
20 | He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out . |
21 | She is never left on her own as my mother stays at home when I go out , but she just waits on my bed and wo n't eat for food until I come back . |
22 | Knowing this to be his likely mood when I brought in the tea yesterday afternoon , and being aware of his general propensity to talk with me in a bantering tone at such moments , it would certainly have been wiser not to have mentioned Miss Kenton at all . |
23 | I had n't been in a very good mood when I started out on this journey . |
24 | ‘ I 'll have to see a specialist when I get back to Barnsley but the eyes feel much better today , ’ said Taggart . |
25 | Alas , US Gold have retained this irritating quirk , and you 've only three credits to play with ( I tried putting a 50p piece into my Commodore when I ran out , but it got jammed between the keys ) . |
26 | They did n't even notice the smashed front lights and the vicious new welt on the Boomerang doorframe when I slinked back to Hire-A-Heap the following day . |
27 | I said my farewells to Salome and her sisters and shook hands with Erich , who gave me a sheaf of letters to airmail when I got back to Hong Kong . |
28 | This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it . |
29 | So far I have been lucky in that I have never had to work at getting the next job but there may be a point when I look up and there is no opportunity around the corner . ’ |
30 | ‘ It must have been lying in the ferns and took fright when I came along . ’ |