Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was when I went for a walk to our old camp . |
| 2 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 3 | ‘ The things I 've seen in them vats when I worked for the brewery . ’ |
| 4 | Lowe was twelve when she married for the third time — to a psychologist — and he arrived , all corn-fed and terminally uncool , in Malibu . |
| 5 | Farrelly met Sinead when she advertised for a band in an Irish music paper . |
| 6 | Jo Durie , Britain 's No. 1 ranked player , delivered an honest assessment of the needs of aspiring young tennis champions when she called for the pressure to be taken off youngsters , particularly those between the crucial ages of 10–14 . |
| 7 | ‘ And that 's presumably when you went for a smoke on the roof ? ’ |
| 8 | well you did n't put your coat on the other day when you went for the paper |
| 9 | The closest I ever got to you was when we went for a spin on your motor bike , with me like a ravished flapper on the pillion , legitimately clinging to your lissom waist , to those two wonderful hip-bones I loved to hold , as if they were the very hinges of heaven , whose wind blew your hair back into my ecstatic face : |
| 10 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
| 11 | The bemused Parisians did n't know what the fuck we were on about when we asked for the ‘ Adidas Centre ’ in several differing French accents . |
| 12 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 13 | Of course it 's not easy to keep up the smiles in public , as the couple showed in Seoul yesterday when they arrived for a five-day Korean visit . |
| 14 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 15 | Politicians with a burgh interest regularly made contributions to the cost of public works in the communities with which they concerned themselves , as Lord Panmure did in 1761 , when he subscribed for the construction of a new town hall in Montrose . |
| 16 | ‘ I remember him , of course , from when he played for the Giants . |
| 17 | Mr Morris , whose own house suffered relatively little damage , said he realised the potential danger early on Thursday evening when he asked for the river to be kept clear of debris before the level grew too high . |
| 18 | This was nothing new , as movie stars had supported John F. Kennedy when he ran for the White House . |
| 19 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 20 | Well he he 'd got a , and if I 'd got to do it you know , another day , his er perhaps start and er i , well you know when he came for a meal and saw all that ? |
| 21 | Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him . |
| 22 | But 10 years ago , Gerald Kingsland hit the headlines when he advertised for a woman to live with him on a desert island . |
| 23 | There came a day when he arrived for a lecture in army uniform and carrying a rifle . |
| 24 | Lech Walesa became the first Polish President to visit Israel when he arrived for a four-day visit on May 20 . |
| 25 | The court was told that Lord Apsley was arrested last November when he arrived for a function at Gloucester Barracks in South Cerney . |
| 26 | He made these astonishing remarks when he called for a meeting with the Toronto Globe and Mail , much to the surprise of everyone . |
| 27 | Lord May cast a different slant on the word early in the new century when he called for a ‘ Hooligan Conference ’ , later to go under the more dignified title of the Twentieth Century League . |