Example sentences of "when [pron] [was/were] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when I was taking mares down into |
| 2 | ‘ When I was writing Firefly Summer , I did n't keep a notebook from the beginning , and I found myself having someone expelled from school who , when I checked , turned out to be 28 . |
| 3 | when I was advising people on unit trust things it was always the price of your units may rise and , as well as fall . |
| 4 | So the challenge to keep abreast of technological developments in aviation was one I entered into with considerable enthusiasm when I was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector in 1967 . |
| 5 | When I was laying siege to the south wet pillar of the Dru our accommodation was a leaky tent on the campsite behind Biollay , our recreation table football in the Bar National . ’ |
| 6 | I found that quite intriguing cos I can remember getting these sent out to me by G A when I was moving house . |
| 7 | ‘ I got these done when I was sniffing glue , ’ she says , extending her arms to show the impressive display of needle- worked skin . |
| 8 | This distrust of the social scientist is so deeply ingrained that when I was reading anthropology as an undergraduate and I was asked by my colleagues what subject I was reading , I knew that I would have to prevaricate or face problems . |
| 9 | Happen you doant remember back that far , but when I was nursing Harry that first day we had him , you was the one what was going to choose a name for him . |
| 10 | I remember my own mother saying , when I was undergoing tests to discover why my periods had stopped , that we need n't worry , they were an expensive nuisance , what did I want periods for anyway ? |
| 11 | My parents had hoped to have a large family , but when I was born Mamma needed a Caesarean section . |
| 12 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 13 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
| 14 | When I was taught chemistry at Regent 's Street Polytechnic in the later 1930s , we 16-year-olds were treated as adults , not incompetents , and were expected to achieve titrations accurate to 1 per cent or less from the moment we began quantitative analysis : for were we not addressed by our splendid lecturers as ‘ Mr ’ ? |
| 15 | Yeah je , when I was having breakfast he used to jump on the table ! |
| 16 | ‘ At a low point during my stay in Japan when I was having trouble with the language and the culture I phoned my father to say I was coming home , ’ recalls the black sheep with the black belt . |
| 17 | At an age when I was having qualms over the philosophy of M. Bergson , he was speaking in a factory yard of the necessity to go on strike . |
| 18 | ‘ One , when I was having dinner with you and Ed in Helsinki at his apartment I sensed a certain intimacy between the two of you . |
| 19 | I was now even more impatient to see Mr Rochester , but when I was having tea with Mrs Fairfax in the afternoon , the first thing she said was , ‘ It 's fine weather for the master 's journey . ’ |
| 20 | It started when I was having tea … |
| 21 | ‘ When I was having Jamie , I had this lovely dress , which I hardly got out of , ’ said Sukey , raking coat hangers along a brass bar . |
| 22 | ‘ I was upset when I was told stand ins would be used , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ He buys me panties , bras and garter belts that are really sexy , ’ she said before going on to reveal , ‘ When I was designing underwear he kept saying , ‘ Make sure there are some sexy bits . ’ ’ |
| 24 | ‘ When I was designing Metaltronix gear , I made everything bigger , for product visibility , but I would get letters telling me that the Marshall ‘ standard ’ head dimensions were what they wanted , so that 's what I based these new amp heads on . |
| 25 | When I was held hostage she went to see him , and she had hoped that this would be a private , quiet meeting . |
| 26 | And that old man I 'm telling you the God 's truth , I watched him when I was coming school many a time , used to go to Anglesey with a rope in his pocket here . |
| 27 | When I was working Edgbaston , one of my colleagues went to see er , a couple er , one night . |
| 28 | When I was making runs at Leeds Graham Gooch came up and asked me how on earth I was batting so well on that pitch . |
| 29 | Well I think I had more problems when I was making films as a pop singer , because I was still pop singing as well and it was difficult to disassociate the two . |
| 30 | I know I got it when I was doing things with the structure I 'd never be able to do again . ’ |