Example sentences of "when i [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I develop that thesis it will be seen that I agree with McDowell as to the intrinsic attractiveness or repulsiveness of value qualities . |
| 2 | When I get four weeks ago . |
| 3 | And I always listen when I get crossed lines . |
| 4 | If you pay , yeah you get the coat and then I 'll give you half to the coat when I get some cash |
| 5 | Right , I 'll just get the when I get this lock off two three , that 's it . |
| 6 | Do n't know I 'm just going to sort them out when I get this card This is lovely board this one is . |
| 7 | ‘ When I get this office sorted out I will have four or five sets in here , all of them on different channels , ’ he laughs . |
| 8 | in written language an extensive set of metalingual markers exists to mark relationships between clauses ( that complementisers , when I while temporal markers , so-called ‘ logical connectors ’ like besides , moreover , however , in spite of , etc. ) , in spoken language the largely paratactically organised chunks are related by and , but , then and , more rarely , if . |
| 9 | Then I can deliver the finished uniform when I come this way again … perhaps in a week or so ? ’ |
| 10 | It helps to put that in a smaller bracket , when I go three times that , minus that . |
| 11 | I own a 1969 IIA petrol Land Rover and my problem is that , when I use four wheel drive , I get a knocking from the front wheels when turning . |
| 12 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 13 | You might ask yourselves why I bother writing this , but I get kind of worried when I hear such news . |
| 14 | You were a fine young man once , but now , when I hear these stories , I wonder … |
| 15 | I cringe when I hear those songs these days ; mind you , perhaps one day I 'll be cringing about the songs I 'm writing now … |
| 16 | Yet for all this , more co-ordinated machinery still has to emerge and I confess to experiencing a certain sour taste of insincerity when I hear educational leaders talking about promoting a relevant and dynamic curriculum for primary schools , yet notice that they are hastening most slowly in providing the assessment policy needed to enable this to happen . |
| 17 | Sounds said it , ‘ lacked that vital emotional jackboot , ’ Melody Maker had the sprawling 13-word judgement : ‘ Reasonable is the last thing I feel when I hear this shambling mess , ’ and even NME took off the gloves with : ‘ David Gedge 's approach is as suitable as yellow and red check boxer shorts : piss stained . ’ |
| 18 | When I hear Tory Members speaking about the health service , in Trafford or anywhere else , I am bound to come to the conclusion that they are after family jobs . |
| 19 | I like to do so myself when I write this sort of book , out of a feeling that a certain elegant economy goes well with the genre . |
| 20 | All too often , when I visit successful schemes throughout the country , I find that they are about to announce that they can not carry on , or that they can not diversify or increase the take-up because the Government have not provided any money . |
| 21 | When I visit Labour leaders in the north-east , north-west and elsewhere I do not think that they are living in the past , either . |
| 22 | When I fire one gunshot , they go . |
| 23 | When I put that phone down , I was in tears . |
| 24 | And when I put that plant in I wanted some I wanted some well more or less labourers to work wi work with the fitters . |
| 25 | Yes , but when I put some back , back packed . |
| 26 | The brake 's alright , although it was n't on when I put some brakes on |
| 27 | ‘ Of course , ’ said the civil servant , ‘ the question I shall be asked when I put this name to the PM is ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I ’ m going to contact all the plant conveners , when I put this phone down , and call an emergency meeting , Bunker told him . |
| 29 | And when I put this phone down , Tod , d' you know what I 'm gon na do ? |
| 30 | However , when I make these comparisons across the Atlantic , I can almost hear my readers saying : " plate tectonics " . |