Example sentences of "be gone when " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Normally they 're gone when we get to the office , but sometimes they 're still here , and sometimes we meet them in the evenings , if we 're working late . |
| 2 | I thought you might be gone when I woke up . ’ |
| 3 | I intend to be gone when he does . |
| 4 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 5 | The days are gone when so-called big clubs like Manchester United could swoop on other clubs and sign their star players . |
| 6 | The Glenman was right in saying that the days are gone when players are just happy pulling on the Glentoran shirt . |
| 7 | ‘ No , sir , but the food and clothes were gone when I next went that way , ’ Barrymore told me . |
| 8 | The day is gone when a girl waits around till some man needs a wife . |
| 9 | So we find , for example , that men are like grass renewed in the morning but withered by the time of evening ( I 's 90.5 ) ; their days are like grass which is gone when the wind ( as here ) passes over it ( 103.15–16 ) ; the " son of man who is made like grass " is parallel to " man who dies " ( Isa 51.12 ) . |
| 10 | She put some spring water on my wart one evening and it was gone when I woke the next day . ’ |
| 11 | It was gone when I went back for it . ’ |
| 12 | FELIPE was gone when she woke up next morning and Maggie felt a great burst of anxiety . |