Example sentences of "when [pers pn] were at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I were just like that when I were at home on me own at night , John used to play dominoes on a Friday night , the kids were in bed I 'd be in and out of kitchen |
| 2 | But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody . |
| 3 | The range of vocational courses , in a number of disciplines , will still be the same sort which you took when you were at Napier . |
| 4 | ( Modern education methods differ greatly to the teaching you had when you were at school . ) |
| 5 | Were schools smaller when you were at school though ? |
| 6 | well you did n't try when you were at school , you told me yourself |
| 7 | Did you have many form rows when you were at school ? |
| 8 | Did you believe it when you were at school ? |
| 9 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 10 | The first time was when you were at Poplar , in the boxing-booth — it must be seven years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you rather liked him when you were at Number 10 ? ’ |
| 12 | Clive Swift , in his admirable and essential book The Job of Acting says that when you were at drama school ‘ you were a big fish — now you 're a tiddler ’ . |
| 13 | What when she were at home ? |
| 14 | When she were at home |
| 15 | ‘ Even when we were at school together , you used to lord it over the rest of us , and would never admit that you were capable of making any mistakes . |
| 16 | Even when we were at home , neighbours and friends from all parts of the country came to look at me , and my master made me work hard to amuse them . |
| 17 | When I was at Tesco 's near where we work , we worked , when we were at Hodins , you know that Tesco 's there ? |
| 18 | When we were at college he used to invite people to ‘ cleaning parties ’ once a month . |
| 19 | Back when we were at college . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't mean to say that this chap Edward Lazenby we keep reading about and hearing on the radio is the same chap as that persistent creep Teddy who used to edit Focus when we were at Cambridge ? ’ |
| 21 | Did you have it on when we were at Newtown baths ? |
| 22 | ‘ When we were at Glastonbury , ’ Mandeville answered , stroking the side of his face , ‘ I told the abbot to send one of his lay brothers to Taunton with a message for the sheriff to bring armed men to Templecombe . |
| 23 | Well I knew , when I was in , when we were at Donnington , living at Donnington , a couple of blokes I 've known there 's company sergeant majors and regimental sergeant majors in the Signals , I was walking through shed four , one day , I was doing , doing some mucking about with these folding boats for the RE 's |
| 24 | when we were at Carrie 's at the weekend I said you must tell me all the birthdays again , because I ca n't find them . |
| 25 | Wilson had to trot briskly , to keep up with his wife ; and he trotted responsibly , because there was no doubt that he was proud of his charge — tall and upright as a Grenadier Guard as she was , and issuing instructions in the way that I imagine a Grenadier might , so that when they were at home her voice would sometimes float right up the road and into our garden , ‘ Wilson ! |
| 26 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 27 | At home , when they were at home they had bells in their home , and erm by pressing the appropriate button , er an electrical charge was sent across these wires , it was private wires to these homes and the bell rang , and as soon as the bell rang all hell broke loose in these , these homes . |
| 28 | When they were at home unmarried , they were strictly chaperoned . |
| 29 | When they were at home |
| 30 | But when they were at school they were just in and out , and home at 3.30 p.m . |