Example sentences of "when [pers pn] be at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
| 2 | When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible . |
| 3 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 4 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 5 | When I was at the centre , they do n't encourage you to stop smoking , stop drinking coffee , or lose weight . |
| 6 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 7 | When I was at the Post Office . |
| 8 | ‘ Well — when I was at the camp on Saturday night , we were talking about dreams . ’ |
| 9 | But I can remember once when I was at the school Mrs was our music teacher and we were to go from doh to far , you know doh to far , and they used to s , she used to say listen to Mabel , Mabel 's the only one one of you that can go from doh to far . |
| 10 | When I was at the garage getting the petrol I give them , signed the cheque and they put the cheque through the cheque machine printing it out and that and er they 've got a free offer at the moment . |
| 11 | When I was at the , I put worms in a jam jar . |
| 12 | Well I 'm not stupid , I mean I was n't stu , when I was at the junior schools in the country I was n't stupid |
| 13 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 14 | I 'm sure someone like Graeme Souness at Liverpool feels like I do when our teams lose , but expectations change when you 're at the top compared to the bottom . |
| 15 | Ah but that 's the devil to try and coordinate that with an orchestra when you 're at the other end |
| 16 | The last thing you need when you 're at the bottom of the table is to concede an early free kick but today Notts did just that . |
| 17 | ‘ When you 're at the front it can be more difficult to keep your concentration , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Yes , erm , the , the most archetypal one is , is the miser of course , who , who turns up with a stale box of chocolates and an ingratiating smile , and proceeds to eat you out of house and home , and then when you 're at the supermarket , disappears mysteriously at the checkout , and returns when you 've paid with a , a bumper bag a crisps that he keeps in his bedroom when , in case he gets peckish at night . |
| 19 | Certainly within universities the more senior the the member of staff the more likely they are apparently to use a desk as a barrier erm so that they sort of er y'know you see them from behind a desk , when you 're at the front of the desk and they 're behind the desk . |
| 20 | When you 're at the top it 's the best job in the world — when you 're bottom a football manager 's lot is not a happy one . |
| 21 | All we have shown is that ‘ when you 're at the bottom , the only way is up ’ . |
| 22 | If you come up er when you 're at the Weasel Lane |
| 23 | you ought to see underneath the fridge , he does this in the kitchen and they 've all gone under the fridge , when you 're at the top shop or any other places where the will you have a look on the cards in the window , I 'm looking for a slide , you know , but a smaller one for him for the garden for the summer really , cos that 's just about had it that one ? |
| 24 | Yeah erm go to , when you 're at the top of the stairs first on the right . |
| 25 | When you are at the beck and call of everyone for 14 hours a day for four days and for 8 hours on the fifth day each week you want a short space in which you relax and do just what you like . ’ |
| 26 | Lawrence added : ‘ There is pressure when you are at the bottom . |
| 27 | When you were at the cinema . |
| 28 | When you were at the top , it was known as delegation of responsibility . |
| 29 | When she was at the premiere of The Delinquents she was wearing this designer dress and it was black and cut up one side , so that you could just see one leg ; it looked awful , Some people only wear things because they have a designer label . |
| 30 | And therein lay the extent of his gratitude , she realised with a feeling of despondency , but to disguise her feelings she added brightly , ‘ When we 're at the hospital we must visit Stella . ’ |