Example sentences of "when i [vb past] the [adj] " 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 | oh I , I 'd never , I I realize now from six weeks ago when I got the damn things |
| 3 | Most of them broke when I peeled the real leaf off the chocolate which I 'd painted on — not quite up to Mum 's standards of patience and perfection , but who ever saw lots of perfect leaves ( not on a tree ) anyway . |
| 4 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 5 | When I announced the Green Paper last July , the hon. Gentleman said that he would examine our proposals carefully . |
| 6 | And when I saw the Aged come in with a lady , I knew I was right . |
| 7 | or a target to be aimed at because when I saw the sixty seven I remembered it 's the number of the song that begins lord bless and pity us . |
| 8 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 11 | When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold . |
| 12 | He was abreast with the lorry when I saw the oncoming small black car overtaking on the other side , and overtaking fast . |
| 13 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 14 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 15 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 16 | As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems . |
| 17 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted . |
| 20 | But those gloomy musings ended abruptly when the skim dropped me near the pod was berthed — and when I saw the shadowy figures around it . |
| 21 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 22 | I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem . |
| 23 | When I congratulated the poor girl , she almost fainted . |
| 24 | But the actual impetus to ‘ act ’ only came when I met the right people in the right context … that is , Gerry and Amitha and the rest of the Working Party . |
| 25 | Your Royal Highness , it is , it is , it is interesting that when I attended the Annual General Meeting last year of the Boats Organization , the fact that I said that yachtsmen was a Con Conservation Body as well surprised them and since that time we have having collaboration with them er more and more and this is to be welcomed because we all want to sail in nice surroundings . |
| 26 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 27 | O'Keeffe 's immediate reaction to the criticism generated by the 1923 show is not known , but it is clear from a letter she wrote to Mitchell Kennerley of the Anderson Gallery in the autumn of 1922 , soon after Rosenfeld 's second article appeared , that she had objected from the beginning to Hartley 's and Rosenfeld 's assessments of her and her art : ‘ You see Rosenfeld 's articles have embarrassed me — [ and ] I wanted to lose the one for the Hartley book when I had the only copy of it to read — so it could n't be in the book . ’ |
| 28 | When I had the two miscarriages — you did n't know about the miscarriages , did you , Charles ? ’ |
| 29 | And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan . |
| 30 | erm , why is it so much higher than the similar figure , the same figure for , my sub team , when I had the same number of stage one decisions and one more stage two decision ? |