Example sentences of "[vb base] when i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 2 | I almost had a Vulcan mind melt when I saw the colour graphics on this version of Star Trek . |
| 3 | I blush when I recall the day I slipped out of the office , bound for HCI 's Tropicana Beach Club … |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may keep your door closed and not answer when I ring the bell , you may refuse to answer my letters or return my calls when I leave a message on your answering machine , but sooner or later we are bound to meet and this time I will not let you fob me off with a smile . |
| 5 | I mean when I started the job it was n't the job |
| 6 | ‘ I shall grow thin rather , with exercise , and all the knee-bending I perform when I clean the carpets and scrub the floors . ’ |
| 7 | Here perhaps we would like to reply : The description of what is got immediately , i.e. of the visual experience , by means of an interpretation — in an indirect description , ‘ I see the figure as a box ’ means : I have a particular visual experience which I have found that I always have when I interpret the figure as a box or when I look at a box . |
| 8 | But we can also see the illustration now as one thing , now as another ’ , Wittgenstein imagines someone like Locke — though he does not mention Locke — saying that ‘ I see the figure as a box ’ means ‘ I have a particular visual experience which I have found that I always have when I interpret the figure as a box or when I look at a box . ’ |
| 9 | Does Dr Starkie 's reading of Madame Bovary contain all the responses which I have when I read the book , and then add a whole lot more , so that my reading is in a way pointless ? |