Example sentences of "when i [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What am I going to say to him when I turn up empty-handed ? ’ |
| 2 | As for Italy , when I lived there 20 years ago it was common knowledge that many small businesses kept two sets of books : one for the authorities , the other for real . |
| 3 | She wrote to her daughter , Flavia : ‘ When I get madly boyish No 2 is in charge , and then , after a bit , the situation is reversed . ’ |
| 4 | I wear a personal stereo so I do n't hear their comments , but since I sweat a lot when I 'm running I can understand that they do not like it when I get too close . |
| 5 | She had just bought ( in anticipation of her legacy ) a new Sony portable ( ‘ I 'll be sitting about a lot when I get very big ’ . |
| 6 | Dear old Joe seemed just the same , but as I got better , he began to remember I was a gentleman , and call me sir again , and when I got up one morning , I discovered he had gone . |
| 7 | When I got up that morning I had no father . |
| 8 | When I got up next morning , I said to her , ‘ Are you still proud of me ? ’ |
| 9 | When I got up this morning , I nearly died ! |
| 10 | so when I got up half past six and I got shaved now at last , gon na go and get ready and pull the curtains back , oh what a of rain , I says oh I says |
| 11 | Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ When I got home last night and found the yard door bolted I thought the old man had deliberately locked me out but the police reckon that whoever killed father was with him then — while I was banging on the door , trying to get in . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He never said so but I think he was bothered when I got that big . |
| 14 | Cumani landed a double on the track on Tuesday , and travelling head lad Ian Willows said : ‘ When I got back last night the boss said ‘ thank heaven for Brighton . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ There was a message from you on the tape when I got back last night . |
| 16 | So when I got there this morning he was still in his pyjamas he 'd got on quite well , all he wanted me to do was wash his face . |
| 17 | It would n't bother your brother one jot if I handed the place over to Harry when I got too old to manage it . |
| 18 | ‘ I only wan na sleep when I come 'ome pissed , ’ Broomhead informed her . |
| 19 | It was an incredible shock when I saw how much . ’ |
| 20 | When I go up onstage I think , ‘ What the hell am I doing here ? ’ |
| 21 | I goes erm I know exactly what 's gon na happen when I go away this Easter . |
| 22 | With a wry smile she added , ‘ They 'll fink I 'm a Bolshevik when I go down that Council on Monday mornin' . ’ |
| 23 | When I go home this evening my wife and I will sit and talk about what should be done and take legal advice because I do n't believe they should walk free . |
| 24 | I have a Matchman Hooktier which tends to put kinks in the hook length , especially when I use very fine lines . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's just what I said to myself when I woke up this morning , but when I looked on the floor , there was the veil , torn in two halves ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The funny side hit me when I woke up this morning . |
| 27 | ‘ So when I woke up this morning , early for a change , and the sun was actually shining , I suddenly felt lighter . |
| 28 | ‘ When I woke up this morning I felt like death . |
| 29 | When I woke up next morning , and tried to get up , I could not move . |
| 30 | I 'd like to say I 'm one of those people who waited seven years to have my daughter , who 's now eight by the way , but I mean erm I was one of those people when I heard about IV coming in I thought this was a great thing ! |