Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] into the " in BNC.

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1 When I ran into the kitchen the oven was lying on the ground and thought she had done it .
2 By then the noise of the avalanche had died away , only the echoes of it reverberating across the valley , and when I shifted into the driving seat and looked back , the road behind us had ceased to exist .
3 I wept a little as I climbed the creaky stairs , and when I got into the attic I knelt down beside the bed , put my hands together and prayed .
4 He seemed disappointed and I soon saw why when I got into the main hall .
5 I could then plot that precise position again when I got into the studio as the spot for a camera and , by Jove , he was always right .
6 When I got into the ring I was fortunately unaware that he was a Services champion .
7 Mr Lighten 's wife Anne , 53 , told the inquest : ‘ When I got into the house I smelt gas and noticed a noise in the garage .
8 he 's out , oh you ran up and I thought he was going to die when I got into the
9 It looks healthy and comes to the top of the tank , as usual when I walk into the room .
10 I am not very sure what 's wrong with her but I can tell by the way they start discussing the weather when I come into the room that it must be Women 's Trouble .
11 I mean , I keep hearing that when I come into the environmental health department , that , just that people are interested in what Oxford are doing .
12 He 's such a huge star now that I was actually nervous when I walked into the studio with him . ’
13 When I walked into the studio Blixa had his body miked up and they were punching him to get a bass drum beat .
14 But I met one girl by accident when I walked into the hostel one night and she was visiting another girl there .
15 An example I quote is of two particular members of staff who had been there a long time , and so , when I walked into the staff room , they were in the same seats .
16 It was wonderful to see so many people and when I walked into the room I was actually quite terrified .
17 Sir Richard Steel wrote in the Tatler ‘ When I came into the Coffee House , I had not time to salute the company before my eye was diverted to 10,000 gimcracks round the room and on the ceiling ’ .
18 " But presently I began to wonder , to notice that everything was changed … they would stop talking when I came into the room , or there were hush-hush whispers … and my mother crying so dreadfully …
19 I had a split second of panic when I came into the office and saw her sitting quietly behind her desk , studying her image in her hand-mirror and conscientiously patting a stray red-gold hair into place .
20 I confess that when I came into the room more than twenty years — slipped away . ’
21 But when I came into the room , there she was .
22 When I came into the room , you were lying with the sheet half off you , so I had the full benefit of the sight of your virginal pyjamas . ’
23 He said : ‘ Sammy took me under his wing when I came into the Northern Ireland team .
24 He said : ‘ When I went into the Leeds dressing room to say kick-off had been delayed , the reaction of their management and players was not as I believe it should be .
25 I could n't believe it when I went into the shop and saw hundreds of milk bottles scattered everywhere .
26 Er one of my worst experiences actually was going to school and found that when we walk when I went into the classroom there was only me and two other children .
27 When I went into the shop people were tripping over themselves and banging into things and I could hear them saying : ‘ That 's Geoffrey Boycott — Geoffrey Boycott , sat in that car . ’
28 When I went into the room there was this massive pedestal set up , smothered in red with a big throne and red velvet drapes .
29 There were several cars in the drive and when I went into the house I saw that Mrs Rumney had a few people in for drinks ; people like herself — upper class and of obvious refinement .
30 I was Mr Anthony Evans when I went into the Palace .
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