Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when I got in last night . |
| 2 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |
| 3 | When I started at first erm |
| 4 | No one had wanted to believe that Paula 's beauty went right through her more than Sally did for she was a shining golden idol as well as a sister and it had been a shock to Sally when she had at last been forced to concede , in private at least , that the other girls might have been right in the accusations they made . |
| 5 | And when she did at last enter the music room — through the door from the arboretum — she found herself a seat at the back , at the end of a row . |
| 6 | But when we came at first there were these erm there were these er street street musicians you know . |
| 7 | Well , when they came at first they says , see the way they 've got there |
| 8 | Having suffered a rare whitewash when they met in last season 's Asian Open qualifiers , the world champion was relieved to clinch a 1-0 lead in their Humo European Open quarter-final . |
| 9 | Tullibardine , far more cautious , was reluctant even to cross to the mainland and when they did at last set sail they suffered the usual Jacobite bad luck . |
| 10 | Discovery was inevitable and when it came at last there were reasons to rejoice , but not at the reunion with Christopher . |
| 11 | ‘ Every man 's death diminishes us , Robert , ’ he observed , ‘ and I 'm sorry that he should die now when he seemed at last to be recovering his dignity . ’ |
| 12 | When he had at last regained consciousness no one had expected him to be more than a vegetable . |
| 13 | He was drilling the car through a bend at 90mph when he went for third gear — and hit first at 7,000 revs . |
| 14 | When he came at last , he saw it at once . |
| 15 | But the 25-year-old flyer made the most of his come-back chance when he starred in last weekend 's win at Derby . |
| 16 | He sighed heavily , and Belinda was about to ask what was wrong — after all , they were still friends , in spite of what she had seen in the garden tonight , and her revelation of feeling should n't dictate this new reticence — when he spoke at last . |