Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My feet and hands get very cold and go numb when I am skiing . |
| 2 | Especially when I am watching puerto Rican mass murderers . |
| 3 | ‘ Because it looks more proper when I am looking after a patient . ’ |
| 4 | But when you called I was teaching , and the rule when I am teaching is that one of my sons must answer the phone . |
| 5 | Yet , at best , this is unreliable , as when I am thinking of your beautiful wife while discussing with you the state of the nation . |
| 6 | It is hard to imagine the C.-in-C. of the Warsaw Pact addressing a Vietnamese colleague as Marshal Grechko once spoke to the Czech Defence Minister : ‘ When I am thinking , you be quiet . ’ |
| 7 | Fortunately , your software will remind you of this — when I am using DesignaKnit , it always reminds me if I need to save data . |
| 8 | An example of such a statement might be , " For me life simply has no meaning " , or , " Even when I am enjoying myself I often feel that I do n't belong " . |
| 9 | Occasionally , when I am ironing , I consider the possibility of having a constituency which is called Mitcham , Morden and Mole Valley . |
| 10 | When I am fishing on my own I only weigh them straight away if they appear to be over 9lb , and leave the weighing until I pack in if they appear to be less . |
| 11 | When I am resting , then you shall go . ’ |
| 12 | When I am trying to be stricter than usual with myself , I plan a really busy week so that I am out more than is customary . |
| 13 | ‘ My knee feels all right when I am running , bit it has been swelling up slightly afterwards . |
| 14 | For instance , when I am sitting on this chair , how do you want me to appear ? etc. , etc . ’ |
| 15 | When I am sitting up there working with the librarian , pupils will come trotting in with little notes from teachers saying " I have been sent in to ask for books on … " and off they will go for that lesson which is what she wanted , so they have achieved it . |
| 16 | ‘ When I am shaving in the morning I say to myself that if I were a young man I would emigrate . |
| 17 | ‘ I cut myself when I am shaving . |
| 18 | The answer seems to be — persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called into question . ’ |
| 19 | They sleep in the same room with each other , and look beautiful when I am putting them to bed , jumping and hopping about quite naked , rejoicing in the freedom of no clothes . |
| 20 | So I have now decided to put the theory out of my mind and rely on rhythm when I am putting . ’ |
| 21 | Neighbours and friends tell me that when I am racing you can hear the noise right down the street ; it is as if I am running in Dad 's front room ! |
| 22 | She helps break the ice when I am interviewing . |
| 23 | When I am departing she whispers ‘ Would you like to … ? ’ but I have always said ‘ no ’ . |
| 24 | The postclassical version of human rationality and motivation can perhaps be illustrated by taking a simple example — my relationship with the laws against speeding when I am driving home late at night . |
| 25 | I must explain that I have no phone in my study , to avoid interruption when I am working , and that I take phone calls in the dining-room … |
| 26 | ‘ When I am finishing the book . |
| 27 | When I am painting summer scenes I use the eggshell , and for winter scenes I use the warm cream . |
| 28 | ‘ And he went to the degree of saying , when I pressed him , how are we going to stay in this business ; he said , Albert , for all I know right now when I am talking to you , we could be finished with the business ; I do n't know . ’ |
| 29 | The words probably , likely and unlikely litter the text , even when I am talking about what is widely regarded as fact . |
| 30 | An when I am talking to meself in poetry I talk , |