Example sentences of "when [pers pn] were [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was gross to be collected from a party at midnight by your mother when you were fourteen years old . |
| 2 | you left when you were fourteen years old yeah ? |
| 3 | You left when you were fourteen years old ? |
| 4 | She died when you were 10 years old . |
| 5 | When I , when you were all doing nights |
| 6 | But , although that sweet may have made you forget a grazed knee when you were four years old , I have never heard of a chocolate ( or even a whole box of them ) bringing back a lost love , changing the grade on an examination paper or reversing an unwelcome redundancy . |
| 7 | What was it like when you were when you were young starting work at that age ? |
| 8 | In your day how many horses would you have when you were head lad ? |
| 9 | He says , Well you never managed it when you were full time anyway . . |
| 10 | The rescue helicopter still had n't arrived when we were fifteen miles from the coast and Warton gave me Blackpool 's frequency and wished me good day ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ When we were all kids the man who used to teach Joe the violin said we were like a nest of singing birds . |
| 12 | ‘ Charlotte 's fearfully clever about that sort of thing , always was , even when we were all kids . ’ |
| 13 | So it came out of a budget when we were all ratepayers , it did n't come out of poll tax payers ' budgets okay ? |
| 14 | The South West had 10 players from champions Bath and Barnes added : ‘ When we were 14 points adrift I regarded that as an Alpine peak to climb — not a Himalayan . |
| 15 | Yeah well they gave it out when we were passing bus when we went down |
| 16 | But I 'd forgotten that you know , when we were wee kids , and you used to take them that night you know . |
| 17 | I know what when we were dredging down there , we used to have er what we call our safe chains and when we were first dredging down there you 'd put your chain in , hands were all purple . |
| 18 | When we were little children how eagerly we used to gather pieces of broken tile , little sticks , and mud with which to build houses and other tiny buildings , and if someone knocked them over , how heartbroken we were and how we cried ! |
| 19 | when we were seven years old . |
| 20 | The cage was lifted up by the crane and stopped when we were 160 feet above the ground . |
| 21 | Come back safely , ’ and when they were all specks in the distant twilight and the savage pandemonium of their leaving no more than a muted throbbing , she had sent her love high and wide so it would find her lover in that vast , uncaring sky . |
| 22 | Maddison and Shearer arrived at the Dell from their native north-east at the same time and shared a house when they were virtual unknowns . |
| 23 | When they were thirty yards off , Campana gave the order to fix bayonets , but just at that moment the Germans were caught between salvoes of short-falling 75s and the French rifle fire . |
| 24 | But even when they were famous names like those , Madame used to recite or whisper them like they were the names of lovers or at least the dear departed , girlfriends , people she had actually met . |
| 25 | Well that 's because , perhaps because , when they were young children people directed them in that kind of decision making , or look people directed them to look at those sorts of levels . |
| 26 | Nirvana when they were Savage Sausages BC |
| 27 | Several of my ex-pupils , some of whom I 'd first taught when they were 7 years old , grimaced at me as they carried on preparing their lunch . |
| 28 | ‘ Look what the tide washed up , ’ said Jessica , when they were ten feet away . |
| 29 | When they were ten yards away they stopped talking , and they did n't start again till they were safely behind glass . |
| 30 | Q. I have two six-inch Temporales , which I bought as a pair when they were three inches long , and lately they have been showing signs of breeding , such as locking their jaws and tail slapping . |