Example sentences of "would [verb] [adv] when [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I also felt , as I 'm sure everybody does , that the office would fall apart when I left and that nobody would be able to take over my cases , and I worried about what state they would be in when I came back .
2 They would know more when they had the report from Ballistics .
3 But of Callanish itself , which Creggan most wanted to know about , she hat refused to speak , saying that the time was not right and she would speak only when it was .
4 Like Gauss he would publish only when he was convinced that he had not only mastered the subject but had thoroughly understood all its ramifications .
5 I told her there were extenuating circumstances and would tell all when I got home . ’
6 They were much more worried about the other problems associated with such a large , unwieldy beast — its potential for erratic behaviour , its contamination of the countryside and the waste products it would leave behind when it had performed its task .
7 I thought I would go home when I left but it has been a long time .
8 I wrote to my mother who lived up at Manzanita with her sister , Mrs. R. V. Hungerford , telling her how I was leaving my position and would write again when I had found some place I liked .
9 She thought it would come right when they were married .
10 Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men .
11 His presence froze the decay , but it would start again when he followed Anne into the tunnel .
12 Peter wanted to be like Jamie , he said he would fly too when he was older .
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