Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 2 | When I came across an article in The Times of 18 December 1964 , on cats which could swim , I cut it out and sent it to George Boas … but not to Panofsky . |
| 3 | For a moment I thought the heat from the bung-hole might incinerate my brows , but when I squinted beneath an outstretched palm the sight stole my breath . |
| 4 | I found it extremely satisfying , which was something I never found when I worked in an office … |
| 5 | A concave underwater shape will give superior performance when you progress to an intermediate level . |
| 6 | And if er when you arrive on an assignment every assignment has a new one of these and in fact it 's a blank . |
| 7 | When you travel with an air or sea carrier their Conditions of Carriage apply , some of which limit or exclude liability . |
| 8 | When you look at an artists work are you aware of what will sell ? |
| 9 | ‘ You 're so beautiful , how can you be so callous of another woman 's unhappiness when you look like an angel direct from heaven ? ’ |
| 10 | She shuddered when she looked in an open door and saw grey-faced children in beds with blue curtains round , propped up on pillows . |
| 11 | When she came to an intersection , she had ignored it or taken a new direction without bothering to think about it . |
| 12 | Vitor supplied , when she came to an awkward halt . |
| 13 | Boyfriend Barry Pitt , himself an ex-policeman and the man she plans to marry , was at her bedside when she woke after an emergency six-hour operation . |
| 14 | There was thirteen years difference between my elder sister and youngest brother — two girls and then three boys , of whom Basil was the eldest — and though this arrangement was not ideal when we came of an age to meet husbands among our brothers ' friends , it did mean that we all got along very well together and as sisters were not looked down upon by older and superior male beings as I often saw happen in other families . |
| 15 | When we talk of an increase in bank lending leading to monetary expansion , however , we are not normally talking about the behaviour of an individual bank but about banks as a whole . |
| 16 | Right , yes it 's quite often aggressive people passive people who like maybe having passive people around and just needs somebody to walk over to shout at and behaving in an aggressive way , so maybe we have to go aggressive when we deal with an aggressive person . |
| 17 | We must consider that when we look at an alternative structure for the present arrangements for meat hygiene inspection . |
| 18 | Shirley gave Jenna the sort of suspicious look she gave her children when they sniffed with an approaching cold . |
| 19 | TORRENTIAL rain greeted a group of golfers from Glasgow 's West George Street Grouping when they went on an outing to Millport Golf Club on the island of Great Cumbrae . |
| 20 | Constables Tim Hurley and Tracy Beeching were going to investigate a joyriding display in Blackbird Leys when they ran into an ambush . |
| 21 | Indeed , Fabia was still wondering how the deuce he had got her talking about music when they transferred to an equally gracious and charming dining-room . |
| 22 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 23 | He used to long for his holidays and grow deeply depressed when they drew to an end . |
| 24 | Low interest rates are inflationary only when they coincide with an overheating economy as they did in 1987–8 . |
| 25 | Sir Hector explained that the French representatives had found themselves out on a limb when they called for an increase in import charges . |
| 26 | tragically yes , or all boys ' schools you know here are young men who have had thousands of pounds spent on their education , and when they arrive in an environment like Oxford they somehow seem to be less capable than other young men of behaving with decency towards the students they are being educated with . |
| 27 | A middle scale version of Rodin 's ‘ La Defense ( The Call to Arms ) ’ ( lot 16 , est. $200,000–300,000 ) attracted the sale 's highest bid of $310,000 ( £181,000 ) when it sold to an American institution , while Utrillo 's pretty winter scene , ‘ Rue à Poissy ’ ( lot 131 , est. $60,000–80,000 ) was the sale 's most expensive painting , bought by an American dealer for $100,000 ( £58,000 ) . |
| 28 | Even so , country looks a bit of an impostor when it poses as an agent of radical change in pop music . |
| 29 | Shelley stole a glance at his face , this face that was so familiar , yet she had not recognised it when it belonged to an imaginary man called Miguelito . |
| 30 | Macari 's reputation for betting stretches back to his days with Celtic , when he rose to prominence under the tutelage of the club 's great manager , the late Jock Stein , a man who had his own formidable reputation when it came to an each way bet . |