Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 2 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 3 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 4 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 5 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 6 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 7 | She put some spring water on my wart one evening and it was gone when I woke the next day . ’ |
| 8 | He still was n't back when I returned that night , and when I woke the next morning , his side of the bed had n't been slept in . |
| 9 | Air temperature was 15 ° C at 8.00 pm , just before complete darkness , when I heard the first voices in an extensively flooded field . |
| 10 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 11 | erm when I went the first year I looked at them . |
| 12 | When I arrived the next day , Holmes was not there , so I waited in his room . |
| 13 | Erm if you recall in our managements ' erm in our discussions when I presented the last the last minutes of the er s the subcommittee which has purchased the ground , we agreed to erm co er co-work with two other two of the clubs sports clubs to establish a management committee , which we would then hope would take over management of the ground from the parish council . |
| 14 | When I awoke the next morning the view from my window almost knocked me out . |
| 15 | When I did the first two talks , Dawn was n't trained enough to fly , though on the second she did manage a short hop , but by the time this big lecture came along she was flying on the creance . |
| 16 | Then when I proposed the next day , and made you tell me exactly how far you 'd gone with other men — ’ |
| 17 | Yet when I placed the first hot pad on to the boy 's twisted left leg he seemed not to feel any pain ; I supposed the pain of the spasms had made him impervious to a lesser pain . |
| 18 | When you brought a second home ! |
| 19 | On any model , when knitting the neckline , start with the second side of the neck with the carriage on the same side as it was when you started the first side of the neck . |
| 20 | She was in her first-floor sitting room , secure in her easy chair , when she heard the first sirens , saw the first police cars turn into her street . |
| 21 | A young woman who was with her hid when she heard the first shots and witnessed what happened . |
| 22 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 23 | When she read the first word , J O E , her heart gave a great leap . |
| 24 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 25 | Perhaps when she knew every last detail of their affair she could blank it all out and start all over again … and the dawn might never come ! |
| 26 | Jessica dropped back a short way — the Polo handling the terrain without a struggle — and thus was in a position to take the view full-frontally when she rounded the last corner . |
| 27 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 28 | When she took the last fence it brought her right around the wood , opposite the point where the Master had asked them to fan out . |
| 29 | When she woke the next morning , she found them even more entrancing . |
| 30 | When she woke the next day , the house was silent . |