Example sentences of "when [pers pn] came [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 2 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 3 | Sir Richard Steel wrote in the Tatler ‘ When I came into the Coffee House , I had not time to salute the company before my eye was diverted to 10,000 gimcracks round the room and on the ceiling ’ . |
| 4 | " But presently I began to wonder , to notice that everything was changed … they would stop talking when I came into the room , or there were hush-hush whispers … and my mother crying so dreadfully … |
| 5 | I had a split second of panic when I came into the office and saw her sitting quietly behind her desk , studying her image in her hand-mirror and conscientiously patting a stray red-gold hair into place . |
| 6 | I confess that when I came into the room more than twenty years — slipped away . ’ |
| 7 | But when I came into the room , there she was . |
| 8 | When I came into the room , you were lying with the sheet half off you , so I had the full benefit of the sight of your virginal pyjamas . ’ |
| 9 | He said : ‘ Sammy took me under his wing when I came into the Northern Ireland team . |
| 10 | When I came to the Market Cross I stopped . |
| 11 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 12 | Pepper explained in an interview , ‘ When I came to the hotel I was sort of looking for work . |
| 13 | When I came to the bank there was a lot of fear about , ’ said chief executive Brian Pearse . |
| 14 | When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter . |
| 15 | Then when I came to the third I did not like it . |
| 16 | When I came to the Riding in 1960 I had been teaching in Leeds for five fairly empty years . |
| 17 | When I came to the last two years of school , I wanted to specialize in mathematics and physics . |
| 18 | When I came to the third class , the head introduced me as the ‘ expert from London ’ . |
| 19 | I was so upset and shocked when I came to the hospital and you were gone I could of died . |
| 20 | ‘ I am a poorer man by some 200 £ than when I came to the Province ’ , he told Gould , apologising for his inability to pay his subscription to Birds of Australia , ‘ and my salary has been reduced to the lowest figure and is far below what I enjoyed as a private Gentleman . ’ |
| 21 | I did not enjoy the journey to Blackpool with these grim tidings ; and when I came to the platform to deliver his message to the audience of 4,000 the hall was hushed with anticipation that something ill was in the wind . |
| 22 | Yeah , erm I er , I 'd given up erm about se seven weeks ago , and I was told that it was an anti-depressant and when I came off the cigarettes it was just terrible ! |
| 23 | When I came off the phone she said , " Mum you 'd better sit down . |
| 24 | When I came off the phone . |
| 25 | When I came around the next time all I seen was smoke … and I knew we put the final bullet in him , ’ Destefani said after emerging from the cockpit of his winning racer . |
| 26 | I must admit when I when I came in the door there the first thing I noticed was the peat smell . |
| 27 | Well I 'll be quite honest with you , when I came in the other day you had a couple and I 'm amazed that you 've still got them . |
| 28 | when I came in the other day , I might have a look now actually get some Chewitts for the kids go on looking something for myself |
| 29 | When I came before the orchestra , I had nothing to explain . |
| 30 | Then when I came near the broken house and stood in the moon shadow I could hear and see nothing . |