Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My 100 metres time did n't improve at all that year , and it took me until September to better my indoor 200 metres best outdoors when I ran 21.6 seconds at Woodford Green . |
| 2 | The chair with the wobbly leg , the dented saucepans , the knives with loose handles , all were gathered up and restored if possible , mainly by Nigel , who , when I produced new casualties almost weekly as the season wore on , would sigh and say patiently , ‘ Put it on my bench , darling . ’ |
| 3 | my copy of the constitution that I filed away so neatly when I received that months ago . |
| 4 | After all , when I taught these secrets to my art students , they had one eye on their future interview . |
| 5 | On one occasion , I was cycling with my wife at Whipps Cross when I saw two 14-year-olds with their bicycles . |
| 6 | I had just checked into the hotel and come down to the sunken terrace when I saw armed men running in a crouched position by the swimming pool . |
| 7 | When I saw those images and heard the Arabic voices in the back-ground I cried . |
| 8 | It was much later on in my thirties and on one occasion even later than that , when I met two men who at different times became very special to me . |
| 9 | That the style they replaced it with is specifically a feminist style is suggested by the comments made to me when I interviewed feminist women about how they thought feminists talked . |
| 10 | You could use a chronic adulter to actually write it a bit easier but er I did n't know about that when I wrote these slides many many years ago and it 's carried on since . |
| 11 | I was standing motionless by the desk , and gazing vacantly at the letter , when I heard some footsteps outside the door . |
| 12 | This was further demonstrated by the fact that , when I murmured some apologies that I must leave , he insisted on my staying for some tea . |
| 13 | Faldo conceded the French and Belgian Opens when victory seemed a formality and he bristled when I questioned these fallibilities during his march to triumph in the European Open at Sunningdale . |
| 14 | I made this very mistake of criticising the course during one of my medical placements , when I spent eight weeks on a busy medical unit . |
| 15 | When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five . |
| 16 | He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict . |
| 17 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 18 | What I meant was when I said five proposals |
| 19 | Planning for the fateful flight started several weeks earlier when I made tentative arrangements to visit a microlight manufacturer at Membury airfield in Berkshire for the review of the Chevron which appears in this issue . |
| 20 | I was happy with the arrangement because I did not want to be tied to a nine-to-five existence , and my employer remained happy , especially when I made regular appearances as his partner at various golf days — all good for business , of course . |
| 21 | ‘ When I reached eight tries I realised I was in with a chance of records and the lads helped me as best they could . ’ |
| 22 | And the rosebush culled from the best North-West London nursery — he 'd planted it last Saturday — was only there for me when I ripped scarlet beads of blood from thin air . |
| 23 | Erm when i started fifteen years ago , it was an intake of about twenty five er lads at a time , we 're now down to about unfortunately eight or nine craft apprentices . |
| 24 | When I started six years ago I did n't know , shall I still be living when this project is completed ? |
| 25 | When I spoke great tears fell from the eyes of the grey hound , more and more , heavier and heavier . |
| 26 | When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine . |
| 27 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 28 | I arrived at my quarter at what time I do not know due to me being very intoxicated and when I awoke some hours later I discovered the following ’ . |
| 29 | And when I hit those chords really hard , there was none of that fluttering noise and so the rhythm parts became a little spankier sounding . |
| 30 | As it is , when I showed close colleagues my first working paper ( Young 1979a ) on experiences in a police bridewell ( see Chapters 2 and 3 ) , they were alarmed . |