Example sentences of "but when i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right . |
| 2 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |
| 3 | But when I ran away from the orphanage , I was so nearly trapped again . |
| 4 | But when I walked out I saw them standing outside . |
| 5 | But when I walked in |
| 6 | But when I said as much to Mala , as a joke to ease the tension that still showed in her eyes , she merely called me an unrepeatable name and stalked away to her cabin again . |
| 7 | I said but when I come here there are cars everywhere , I says on on the picture |
| 8 | But , oh he 's quite happy , he 'll curl up in the back of a car , but when I come home and he goes so berserk if I 've left him at home , I know that he 's been watching and listening and waiting for me all that time . |
| 9 | In that trance-like state we drift apart , still staring , but when I turn aside it 's as if we snapped a silken cord . |
| 10 | ‘ I can give it up , ’ he said in 1987 , ‘ but when I wake up in the morning , I actually think about drink . |
| 11 | I do not know how long I was asleep , but when I woke up I was cold and wet . |
| 12 | I do not know how long I slept , but when I woke up , I was in the middle of a storm . |
| 13 | I did hear him moving around but when I woke up later neither he nor the redhead was to be seen . |
| 14 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
| 15 | She regards me with suspicion , but when I hold out my hand , she takes it . |
| 16 | ‘ But when I got here it was very cold . ’ |
| 17 | I thought she was a friend but when I got here she had changed . |
| 18 | Late that night , I though I heard the baby crying , but when I got up to look , he was quietly asleep in hid bed . |
| 19 | But when I got back to Norwich , I started to cry . |
| 20 | Paul did n't drink a lot , but when I got back he was drunk . |
| 21 | I intended to pick up my car and come over to see you as soon as I 'd talked to Bertelli , but when I got back here Lorenzini had this message from up near the fort . |
| 22 | But when I got back to work the people that was in the observation post on the factory , they saw this aircraft , it came down low over the King George 's playing fields and they could see the markings on it and they 'd sounded the alarm but but course the aircraft went straight over . |
| 23 | I was out but when I got back I tried calling but there was no answer . |
| 24 | Max and I were delighted with the result , but when I got back to the hotel I was taken violently ill and had to be put to bed . |
| 25 | But when I got back to the agency this morning , the place had been cleared out . ’ |
| 26 | But when I got back I did n't have a chance to tell them anything . |
| 27 | But when I got back I had ants in my pants , |
| 28 | But when I got back to England there was a picture in one of the papers . ’ |
| 29 | I ran down to meet him , but when I got there I saw that he had narrow eyes and a mean mouth and I did n't like him one bit . |
| 30 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |