Example sentences of "when i [verb] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's when I got my first big shock of the night for the caller was none other than Danny himself ! |
| 2 | As he sat there , that 's when I got my first real look at John Russell . |
| 3 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 4 | The front door was locked , and that was when I made my first acquaintance with a venerable traditional figure , the sereno , an old man with a stick , a big brass badge and a large bunch of keys . |
| 5 | Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds . |
| 6 | I must have been about fifteen when I received my first love letter . |
| 7 | If so , you will sympathise with my own feelings when I unearthed my first coin dating from the English Civil War : a Charles I shilling , probably minted in Oxford in 1642 . |
| 8 | I think she really took a fancy to you — talked about you all the time when I saw her last summer . |
| 9 | Er just before the war when I saw her last . |
| 10 | The only other event at Huntingdon that I recall with any clarity was when I had my first ever flight in an aircraft — and for a time I was quite determined that it was going to be my last . |
| 11 | I was 14 when I had my first date . |
| 12 | As I tell children in primary schools , I was six when I had my first piece published . |