Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 2 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 3 | And when I was when I got to New York , I was met by two first cousins from two different families er Bert who 's er er nephew of my my mother 's sister Laura Anne in in New York , and another one , William who 'd been very successful vice president of or something . |
| 4 | When I knew for sure where you were I came to England alone . |
| 5 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 6 | I intend to make animal welfare one of my priorities in th United Kingdom presidency , as I made clear when I wrote to hon. Members on 27 February . |
| 7 | So I put the microchi chip in place the time machine was ready the next day I put one of them down so I typed in ancient Egypt and then I put oh and by the way I wa I 'm called Professor Plop because when I landed in ancient Egypt there was a big plop ! |
| 8 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 9 | You chose very well , I used to get really nervous when I came to Chinese restaurants , I never knew what to choose . |
| 10 | I had already negotiated my free transfer as part of the deal when I came from Celtic . ’ |
| 11 | I went to walk on Sunday evening with my daughter round the estate , and I came back and could n't get a , a breath when I came in panicked and it was a f it was a horrible feeling . |
| 12 | When I went to junior school it was half and half , white and Black kids ; the Black guys were really revered , and lots of the white boys would try to act Black , because they associated it with being hard or cool . |
| 13 | ‘ When I went to old Abuelo Freitas , Maria told me that you sometimes worried too much about him — that you did n't understand that he only wanted to be left alone . |
| 14 | When I went to Bound Zoo I bought , this pencil , that 's twenty five p |
| 15 | When I asked about local amnesties , I was told : ’ It is for chief officers of police to consider whether offering opportunities for disposing of offensive weapons would be a worthwhile crime prevention initiative in their own force area . ’ |
| 16 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 17 | when I worked in old Blackie that big old black |
| 18 | ‘ I gave myself two years to win promotion when I arrived at Ayresome Park last summer . |
| 19 | When I sat on Cool Ground I was impressed with him too . |
| 20 | When I graduated in Economic and Social History from Bristol in 1982 I had no idea that I would be earning my living as a thatcher , one of the few women working in that field , some eight years later . |
| 21 | When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . |
| 22 | Now local conference usually was held as quickly as possible erm but when you went to local conference as an official , you were then faced with obviously the employer who was concerned in the case , an independent chairman of the employers , but a battery of other members of the employers ' association who were unattached to the actual claim itself . |
| 23 | I knew you 'd thought of something , and when you asked for extra milk it was n't hard to guess what it was . ’ |
| 24 | Back up to the lungs , okay , now in that little system there , there 's just one thing that 's interesting to note , when you spoke about circulatory system this morning or yesterday rather with Audrey , you spoke about the blood being always leaving the heart , yes , via the arteries , yes |
| 25 | When she looked at poor little Hoomey , she was filled with pity for him being so hopeless . |
| 26 | The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home . |
| 27 | She got it when she sailed into neighbouring Albania a week ago , the first British warship to visit the country for 54 years . |
| 28 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 29 | If he did not understand about the unicorn or about the many and the one he understood Marian still less when she talked about simple things being difficult . |
| 30 | In Emily Carew 's presence he was kind and polite and remarkably subdued , listening with infinite patience when she lapsed into wistful nostalgia as she recalled the days when Carewscourt was the centre of social activity in this part of Mayo . |