Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I refer to the ‘ Popular Purgatory ’ I am referring to the Purgatory which is most widely known — the place referred to in Roman Catholic teaching and which is said to be arrived at after death . |
| 2 | And when I refer to the erm primary road network defined in the T P P . |
| 3 | But when I get to the other side I ca n't get onto the platform cos of this other gate . |
| 4 | When I get to the end I stop and have a look round . |
| 5 | " When I get to the bend I 'll stamp . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll have a look at that when I get to the house . ’ |
| 7 | I have to I h I when I get to the office , I 'll h I 'll h I 'll have a look a bit closer . |
| 8 | When I get to the township , three women have already prepared the bread dough in a bucket . |
| 9 | Is there any signal when I get to the van ? ’ |
| 10 | When I get to the road , with St James 's Park beyond , as fresh and green as an early summer salad , I stop and turn . |
| 11 | I shall not live it down when I get to the office . |
| 12 | When I got to the classroom , I found there were only about six students in the class , and we chatted idly until the lecturer arrived . |
| 13 | When I got to the part of your letter about masturbation , I went to my room and masturbated . |
| 14 | When I got to the first rehearsal she announced , ‘ You 're all going to be in the Command Performance . ’ |
| 15 | I can not say that my school days were particularly happy ones and I was not sorry to leave when I got to the official leaving age , which was fourteen in those days . |
| 16 | When I got to the house Ted was singing a pub song and he practically bundled me into a cupboard to discuss his favourite subject — Dad . |
| 17 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
| 18 | But I was okay when I got to the first tee . ’ |
| 19 | Michelle added : ‘ She looked a bit of a sight when I got to the station but she 's always trying on my clothes . |
| 20 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 21 | And when I got to the clinic everyone was in a mess because half the domestic staff had disappeared , walked out without a word . |
| 22 | I collected what I needed , and when I got to the counter I found that she and her neighbours were discussing the train accident . |
| 23 | ‘ So where were you when I got to the house ? |
| 24 | When I got to the part about my head she tut-tutted . |
| 25 | But when I got to the window and looked out , there was nothing there ! |
| 26 | When I got to the house , I found a far more relaxed atmosphere than at Holloway . |
| 27 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 28 | They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me . |
| 29 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 30 | So I hung around in the sun a couple of hours and when I got to the station there 's a car in the car-park with the old guy in the back , and he has friends . ’ |