Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't been in yet because when I do I want to have bought the silk flowers for the old lady . |
| 2 | Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’ |
| 3 | Total costs will be in the region of £2,000 — I 'll get firm quotes when you let me know if these specs are OK |
| 4 | Well , it 's a lot better than when you saw me last time ! |
| 5 | ‘ I was just saying , if you had n't sent Mr Giresse out when you did I hate to think what would have happened to me . ’ |
| 6 | When she hears me come into the room she does n't look round or say ‘ Hello ’ . |
| 7 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 8 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 9 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 10 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 11 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 12 | But when he lets me switch it on |
| 13 | You 're the bait for the jackal , and sooner or later he 'll come for you , and when he does I intend to be there . ’ |
| 14 | and I see , when he sees me park there , flash me , I just follow on , you know |
| 15 | ‘ When he let me pass , he then slipstreamed and overtook me again . |
| 16 | ‘ But the manager Allan Clarke was only keeping his word when he let me go to Portsmouth . |