Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I had done that , I touched over the same areas again to strengthen a colour or restate an edge or detail as I felt necessary . |
| 2 | When I had to do that trip on my own . |
| 3 | I realized I just had to accept him for what he was , and when I learnt to do that , he did the same to me - accepted me without question , in all my imperfection , in all that made me unworthy of him . |
| 4 | ‘ For me it 's been exactly the opposite ; I 've never been healthier — and I 'm much more religious than when I started doing this . |
| 5 | And how old were you when you started doing that ? |
| 6 | The water had to be drawn up out of one of a battery of long-necked cisterns behind the cottage , and when we had done that and fed the plants we sat on a seat by the Priapus arbour , with the unusual smell , in summer Greece , of verdant wet earth all around us . |
| 7 | And erm erm the tailors would come when they wanted to do any pressing of seams , or anything , and they would take the goose iron , and put it in on of the , what we call press cloths , that we pressed the And then they would douse it in the bucket of water , to get it the right heat , to start , so a cloud of steam went up . |
| 8 | When he sought to do this from the pulpit of St Paul 's on 5 November 1709 ( the anniversary of the gunpowder treason plot , when preachers usually reserved their invective for Catholics ) , and combined it with a defence of the doctrines of passive-obedience and non-resistance , the Whig ministry of the day decided to use the opportunity to try to discredit the Church in Danger platform . |
| 9 | Then he 'd have a , then when he 'd done that he 'd have a erm , oh I think they used to call it a a wax ball , er to rub round the end of the sole and have a an iron that he would rub this wax into the seam between your your your shoe itself and the leather to seal that off and make it waterproof . |
| 10 | When he 'd done that he took the cigarette out of his mouth , tapped some ash off and studied the glowing end . |
| 11 | When he did do this , he satisfied the condition and the bequest became payable . |