Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it curious that when everyone had finished Robert still had a plateful of food before him and we had to wait as he ate it and Lili talked and smoked her endless cigarettes . |
| 2 | Only when everyone has received communion , begin the hymn . |
| 3 | When I 'd asked Chola what the ceremony was for she 'd said she did n't know : they 'd always done it . |
| 4 | I should have realized when I 'd taken Tracey 's book in . |
| 5 | When I 'd finished Mavis came in with the mail . |
| 6 | When I 'd had confirmation that permission would be granted for one dwelling , no size specified , I toured round the estate agents , seeking a prospective purchaser . ’ |
| 7 | If you passed for Sergeant , you got two ten-shilling special allowances , and when I got made Sergeant , I was on a bike allowance of seven shillings a week . |
| 8 | I felt — I could not be more certain than that — that when I had treated polio cases on previous occasions I had actually sensed wasting muscles making slight quivers , contracting with the pain of a spasm ; and it was these contractions of muscles which , following normal treatment , so often caused shortening of the leg when the muscles withered . |
| 9 | Now I know that when I had made love to you that afternoon I was right to follow my instincts . ’ |
| 10 | A welter of figures shot up telling him when I had started work , how often I took a break to scratch my nose or eat a mint and exactly how many key strokes I 'd done all evening . |
| 11 | Soon after nine , when I had wished Mick and Paddy a merry Christmas , I was back in my sleeping-bag . |
| 12 | So much so that even when I had abandoned hopes of luring her into my narrow and uncomfortable bed , we frequently got together for a drink or a cheap meal . |
| 13 | Once when I had thought Nour loved me I had delighted in a garden full of roses surrounding a villa where his aunts lived . |
| 14 | He ended his inscription : " When I had established peace in the lands subject to me , I came to Adulis and sacrificed to Zeus , Ares and Poseidon , on behalf of those who voyage on the sea . " |
| 15 | Well when I 've asked Rob |
| 16 | When I 've lost weight . |
| 17 | Pass a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals when I 've won money for my dance school . |
| 18 | Eh , I gon na take about four or five when I 've left school . |
| 19 | when I 've taken things to him I must admit |
| 20 | When I 've had ma forty winks . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll be going out when I 've had mine . |
| 22 | And I 've discovered a really great label over here called Plein Sud — they 're the best clothes — and when I 've had people set up photo shoots for me here I get them to bring some for me . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll tell you on Monday morning , Rossiter , when I 've got things sorted out a bit . |
| 24 | ‘ You must come and see for yourself when I 've got things a bit tidier , ’ she said , trying not to be irritated . |
| 25 | ‘ I worry about her , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ when I 've got time . |
| 26 | I 've played it fast and loose before , and on the rare occasions when I 've disobeyed orders ( in the Rhineland during the First Crusade , in a little whorehouse in the backstreets of Byzantium , and on a cargo ship bearing perfumes from Punt ) I have come up smelling of roses . |
| 27 | On the rare occasions when I have met television journalists , I have been astonished by the hatred expressed for Adie , as well as by the vitriolic gossip about her , which subsequently proved to be entirely false . |
| 28 | It was one of those things you know , when you get called names . |
| 29 | Jet up over the top and attach your safety line to the Bridge , then abseil across the top of the Lift when you 've matched spin . |
| 30 | You 're to go up when you 've done breakfast . ’ |