Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , how I do like those lines , and when I repeat them now it brings back so many happy memories of that scamp of a grandfather of mine . |
| 2 | This is good country , with good villages in it , giving you a full exposure to the dark green or red-brown paint , on window shutters or exposed timbers , that creates such a decorative unity among Basque houses — so much so that I recall a feeling of outrage along this road , when I passed one traditionally built house whose paint work was the vilest turquoise . |
| 3 | Oh , he , he always starts to whinge when I lay him down to do his coat up , he do n't like |
| 4 | John and the rest of the room seemed to be miles away — even my own voice , when I produced it finally , sounded as if it were coming down a long-distance telephone . |
| 5 | I wrote it on orange paper in blue ink and it all went horribly wrong when I photocopied it so I 've put an agenda on there right . |
| 6 | Now what we 're on about yeah as I were on about , that er what I do is , with days like this , cos you can never guarantee if they 're gon na be dry , wet or what , so I watch to see if it rains , if it do n't they 're virtually dry when I fetch them in . |
| 7 | That 's what they 're like when I fetch them in , it 's not bad is it ? |
| 8 | When I cleaned it up , I found it to be in really good condition and one of the nicest I have ever seen come out of the river . |
| 9 | ‘ When I thanked you just now , by the way , it was because you got me out of the boat before I hit the water this time . ’ |
| 10 | It came over a treat on the radio transmitter when I played it back … ’ |
| 11 | He filched them from my wardrobe when I kicked him out . |
| 12 | Is the top , I mean I broke , had to get in my own house when I locked myself out once when I 'd been in the garden and I , I just got in by leaning through the top window and opening the bottom window , so now I always lock the bottom windows , I do n't bother locking the top one I open it |
| 13 | " If I can talk them over , they 'll be with me when I join you tonight . |
| 14 | He seemed to know so much about fighting that I was very surprised when I knocked him down with my first hit , and then again with my second . |
| 15 | One Lapp shows me his reindeer skin boots , and shrugs when I ask him why the toes curl up . |
| 16 | When I ask him how he feels he is viewed by the medical profession these days , he replies , ‘ I used to be seen as someone who was totally way-out . |
| 17 | And when I started to write on the piano I found that when I translated it back to the guitar it was better . |
| 18 | I 'm hoping I 'll get a changed dog when I get him back . ’ |
| 19 | Then we were walking back towards the carriage , and as we passed I heard Mr Jonesy say to the preacher , ‘ I 'll give 'im the devil when I get 'im 'ome . ’ |
| 20 | But do n't worry , I 'll make up for it when I get you home . |
| 21 | And like I thought I 'm not gon na look up in case he goes for me or something , so I just kept my head in the pillow and pretended the light was blinding me oh ha ha cos when I get you alone what ? |
| 22 | Customer 5 : ‘ What happens if my daughter does n't like this jumper when I get it home ? ’ |
| 23 | So I took that , then when I get it home it , it soon |
| 24 | I brought erm , a pair of , a floral pattern leggings from Marks and Spencers on Saturday , but when I got them home , they did nothing for me . |
| 25 | Oh I wonder what they 'll be like , I do n't want them as tight as those others , yeah but it 's the legs and that , those others of mine , when I got them back they were really very ti tight |
| 26 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
| 27 | Why I asked your husband if we could all three meet for a little when I got you home . ’ |
| 28 | When I got it back it was badly stained . |
| 29 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
| 30 | A few years back , I bought an old desk at an auction and , when I got it home , found that the drawers had not been emptied by its previous owner . |