Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | My 100 metres time did n't improve at all that year , and it took me until September to better my indoor 200 metres best outdoors when I ran 21.6 seconds at Woodford Green . |
2 | The chair with the wobbly leg , the dented saucepans , the knives with loose handles , all were gathered up and restored if possible , mainly by Nigel , who , when I produced new casualties almost weekly as the season wore on , would sigh and say patiently , ‘ Put it on my bench , darling . ’ |
3 | my copy of the constitution that I filed away so neatly when I received that months ago . |
4 | The Minister is aware that when I received that letter I immediately tabled a question on the matter , and had subsequent correspondence with her fellow Under-Secretary of State , who has been most helpful and concerned . |
5 | It happened when I was forced on to a very low fat diet for health reasons ( I had a gall bladder that grumbled very painfully when I ate fatty food ) . |
6 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |
7 | When I got that letter June and , were it Tuesday ? |
8 | And then I got twenty , I could n't believe it when I , when I got twenty quid off my other grandma , she normally gives us a fiver . |
9 | and then when I got this sheet when I joined choir went , Oh yeah I remember |
10 | I hung in there another year shredding a few more files saying maybe it was time I went back to the law and when I got this offer … |
11 | Marie and me were on our honeymoon , staying with my brother in Darlington , when I got this letter from my mother saying we must come back immediately because they were starting the shoot . |
12 | The union then supported me further when I got another job and was a steward there , a branch secretary a district committee member and then on the regional committee and they also helped to put me through polytechnic and into the job that I did looking at mergers at the University of Warwick . |
13 | After all , when I taught these secrets to my art students , they had one eye on their future interview . |
14 | On one occasion , I was cycling with my wife at Whipps Cross when I saw two 14-year-olds with their bicycles . |
15 | I had just checked into the hotel and come down to the sunken terrace when I saw armed men running in a crouched position by the swimming pool . |
16 | I nearly bit my lip when I saw that header from Fairclough looping into the top right hand corner from the McAllister free kick . |
17 | I 've just realized I have n't either , when I saw that woman crossing the road I thought it was her . |
18 | When I saw that woman crossing the road , I thought it was here . |
19 | When I saw those images and heard the Arabic voices in the back-ground I cried . |
20 | I did n't think it necessary to comment about that in my reply to that , in fact I have , I was speaking with er Mr when I saw this question down and reported it to him that his name was being used in such a way erm . |
21 | I knew he , I did n't know him , I did n't know him , but I do go and see him when I saw this case was covered up , and it seems to be utterly unreasonable that this poor old chap was going to have doors slamming and banging , and then people coming out the Dance about midnight , and his whole life being disrupted , so I I turned on there , unknown to my own Council , oh , they were cross with me . |
22 | When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again . |
23 | And there was one of last Christmas ' bestsellers : ‘ I was watching television about two years ago when I saw this ad . |
24 | I said I bet , when I saw this June . |
25 | Peer in , when I saw this motion , I took immediate interest . |
26 | When I read Best Defence … ‘ |
27 | ‘ When I crossed Swilcan Bridge I had a feeling of … , ’ he recalled that evening in his lodgings , ‘ … how do I say it ? ’ |
28 | And when I painted this portrait , I felt that I 'd put too much of myself into it . |
29 | It was much later on in my thirties and on one occasion even later than that , when I met two men who at different times became very special to me . |
30 | When I had spare time , but if you 'd If it was decent weather you 'd have to give a hand in the garden at home you see ? |