Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When everyone expected him to break into a nimble tune , he played a slow air that sounded Irish in the long luxuriant unfolding of each phrase . |
| 2 | Now near the Dutch frontier , Harry felt it might be an idea to cross from Germany by climbing into a wagon in a marshalling yard , but after a tedious wait when nothing moved he returned to his cycle and was soon in sight of the red and white border posts . |
| 3 | I mean even when I smoked I did . |
| 4 | When I married I left the classes but now , all these years later , I joined them again . |
| 5 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 6 | And it got worse when I realised I did n't know where they were going for their lune de miel . |
| 7 | I needed your help , Claudia , and when I realised you 'd disappeared I knew you 'd try to leave without seeing me again . |
| 8 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 9 | When I accepted he suggested I might like to give him a certain sum to help the wine flow . |
| 10 | Driver Palmer is , of course , totally right , but he just seems blank when I ask him to answer my ultimate query abut America and rock . |
| 11 | I have windows broken at regular intervals and suffer a lot of abuse and foul language when I ask them to move . |
| 12 | When I ask them to open their eyes , I am in the middle of the circle , at the bottom of the " hole " , wearing a pair of very dark goggles , clearly in role , but as what ? |
| 13 | ‘ They knock on my door and say they want to pull on a black and white shirt , but when I ask them to prove it some ca n't , ’ said Keegan . |
| 14 | When I ask you to answer , the gag will be removed . |
| 15 | When I dance I try to put a lot of enthusiasm into it . ’ |
| 16 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 17 | And when I got I says to here , I 'm sick of having to out all them cigarettes . |
| 18 | ‘ It was hell when I discovered you 'd left that morning without saying anything to me , not even an angry goodbye ! |
| 19 | ‘ I was alone in this new search as I was alone when I discovered I loved my own sex . |
| 20 | ‘ When you said something about the real tragedy for anyone facing a handicap is when expected support is withdrawn , then yesterday at your flat I realised that you thought I 'd walked out on Jennifer when I discovered she had MS . |
| 21 | JC : I wonder how far the piece had progressed when I engaged you to come and sing with Sadler 's Wells Opera in January 1943 ? |
| 22 | When I buy I pay it however when I sell I lose it . |
| 23 | When I fight I go on to the end , as I did in 1926 . ’ |
| 24 | When I challenged him to do so he was right in fourteen cases out of the sixteen . |
| 25 | It was so hard to see you suffer when I knew you 'd always been the most gentle , caring person in my life . |
| 26 | So when I knew I had cancer and was facing death , I still could n't pray to the God I associated with the churches . |
| 27 | That was , when I knew I had to come back . |
| 28 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 29 | When I saw her go up Marcus 's path my heart was banging so loudly I 'm amazed they did n't hear me . |
| 30 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |