Example sentences of "but when i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he thought I was mad , but when I took the live animals out of my pocket to show him , he believed me . |
| 2 | I wrote to the Secretary of State for the Environment and was told that it was really a matter for the chief environmental officer of the local authority , but when I took the matter up with the local environmental officer , his response — and it is to his credit that he responded — was , ’ Well , it may be bad , but it is not really so bad that I must take any action . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We did n't , but when I heard the whisper about the picture I decided to beef up the budget , ’ her father explained . |
| 4 | But when I cut the roads it was cut with a finger mower . |
| 5 | But when I rubbed the leaves between my fingers and offered her my fingertips to sniff , her reaction was dramatic . |
| 6 | Erm and we 're talking about half a thousandth of an inch , and for that you know , the man , but when I investigated the case , the man had been working on these things for about three or four weeks . |
| 7 | Yeah , because I mean , like when I had the home erm , that again obviously you ca n't , people said that , I mean , it 's changed a lot but when I had the home you did n't just pull an , out anybody from the street and call them care assistants you had to offer them a day 's training every week |
| 8 | I amused myself for about a month doing that , but when I got the cast taken off I found it uncomfortable to play conventional style — so I 've always felt right at home playing over the neck . |
| 9 | ‘ I have no idea why he picked me , but when I got the call , I screamed with delight . |
| 10 | but when I got the car back on to the road , I mean I 'm a , a complete bag of nerves and I 'm , I 'm not wanting to be walking along the , the edge of the bypass at one o'clock in the morning |
| 11 | But when I put the phone down I find he has been standing in the doorway . |
| 12 | A DISTRIBUTOR putting leaflets through my door broke the flap of my letter-box , but when I contacted the company concerned , Direct Delivery Ltd. , of Lisburn , they said they were not liable for damages . |
| 13 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
| 14 | I thought that I had finished third , but when I studied the television slow-motion replay on the stadium scoreboard I could see that in fact Ray had won the bronze medal . |
| 15 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 16 | But when I reached the foss I encountered not a fairy , but my first school party of the day . |
| 17 | But when I reached the great stone columns of the main gate , I stood still in horror . |
| 18 | But when I toured the poorer areas of Panama City , the church congregations there were silent , sad and confused . |
| 19 | As it was impossible to see the ground I kept my legs braced , but when I hit the desert I suffered a tremendous jolt right through my body . |
| 20 | The Cabriolet was already taking on an adaptable demeanour , but when I hit the distortion channel things became serious ; these humbuckers are capable of some pretty heavy stuff . |
| 21 | But when I joined the Velvet Underground , then it became a little bit more subliminal . |
| 22 | But when I joined the RSPB in 1964 as their Shetland representative , I began the process of getting to know the islands better , and this included making the first of many visits to Fair Isles . |
| 23 | Well now that , that 's the thing we did appreciate , because er in those days no , no house had got its own bath it was a case of a tin bath on the hearth , but when I joined the club when I was working in the , when I was thirteen I , I left school cos me being having no father I was able to l leave school when I made me attendances , oh that 's something that might interest you I was thinking about . |
| 24 | it , you know , but when I do the slightly , yes I have to cross my legs between time ! |
| 25 | I found it very difficult to get past the first fleet but when I did the game became more enjoyable especially as the 256 colour graphics match most games out today . |
| 26 | But when I restored the data again , the same thing happened . |
| 27 | But when I entered the backstage dressing-room in Carnegie Hall , Daniel Barenboim did n't live up to his ‘ Proceed With Caution ’ reputation . |
| 28 | I cycled off quickly , but when I discussed the matter subsequently with my wife she said that to carry a knife was not uncommon nowadays . |
| 29 | But when I read the SHE article , everything Joanne had said seemed to fit with the studies on children and reincarnation . |
| 30 | I registered only the habitual glow of pleasurable comfort , but when I opened the envelope the reaction was one of electric shock . |