Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an occasion when I was umpiring a game of cricket . |
| 2 | Well , when I was staying a fortnight . |
| 3 | And I had a slight mishap , the simplest thing in the world , really , when I was using a shovel in the calf house . |
| 4 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
| 5 | A student at the theological college where I teach once told a most illuminating story when I was conducting a seminar on this passage . |
| 6 | For example , if you arrive in my business dressed as a surgeon , a priest or a barrister when I was expecting a banker then we may have initial problems in communicating . |
| 7 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 8 | I hurt my shoulder when I was having a shower . |
| 9 | Here in America I perform a lot in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and I probably make more money today than I ever did when I was selling a lot of records as a teenage idol . |
| 10 | I was bloody impressed when I was losing a stone and a half in in four weeks . |
| 11 | Climb up sunshine mountain I first learned this song about three years ago when I was doing a show for some of London 's police at Faringdon 's restaurant in London . |
| 12 | Then when I was doing a tour I recorded three of the nights and the results sounded good . |
| 13 | The pincurl technique came about when I was doing a show in America and I was landed with a model with hair down her back which was in a terrible state . |
| 14 | I remember coming across the problem occasionally when I was doing a casualty job . |
| 15 | and finished in when I was doing a , a late training programme |
| 16 | She was most amusing , and described how much she had been abused by reviewers and how one man wrote to her asking her to explain what on earth her books were all about , and enclosed a stamped and addressed envelope for her reply — ‘ I used it when I was paying a bill ’ . |
| 17 | When I 'm drinking a glass of water , I 'm drinking a glass of water and not thinking about five other things at the same time . |
| 18 | I like to be alone when I 'm beginning a painting — I do n't want anyone to speak to me then — but as the work progresses you want a bit of contact with somebody else . |
| 19 | ‘ I do it when I 'm sitting down , walking about the athletes ’ village or even when I 'm eating a meal . ’ |
| 20 | When I 'm writing a course or even a session within the course , do you know what I spend most of my time writing the objective after a you know , you know but not after . |
| 21 | A little tip for you I mean one of the things I do when I 'm writing a training manual or something like that , I will actually write my open questions in really bold letters on the script . |
| 22 | THE DOCTOR : I feel the same thing when I 'm holding a syringe : the power to fuck up someone 's life . |
| 23 | really , when I 'm buying a hat . |
| 24 | I 'm not erm , I 'm not going to be in a situation to record all my chat anyway , I do n't think , because of the erm , the amount of it , when I 'm running a course I do an awful lot of chatting during the day . |
| 25 | I can understand it cos I , I , when I 'm feeling a bit down it gets to me , you know I think oh God |
| 26 | The need for arousal thought well should I be absolutely calm when I 'm giving a presentation but I never am so is it right and now understanding that you need a certain level of arousal to be able to perform at all is is satisfying for me because at least I understand the situation now and able to work with it rather than against it . |
| 27 | Look , sergeant , when I 'm driving a four-wheeler , I 'm perched up at the front . |
| 28 | and that 's the criticism that I 'm told is I 'm not quite aggressive enough when I 'm driving a truck , but I , I do n't see it that way , I 'm not being aggressive . |
| 29 | Clive , 28 , from Middlesbrough , Cleveland , said : ‘ I like a good sing-song when I 'm having a bath , but I do get a bit loud and the neighbours ca n't hear the telly . |
| 30 | Now , it 's no use saying to me , as an editor did recently , ‘ But Maureen , you sound so … angry ’ , because I ca n't help it when I 'm having a bitch . |