Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I ran back to the girl , there were a couple of railwaymen on their way to work and another policeman carrying her to the Out-patients . |
| 2 | When I got back home there was H. , in the living-room , pleased as Punch . |
| 3 | When I got back I sat in front of the big glass with the door shut and the lights off , till dawn . |
| 4 | ‘ When I got back to my apartment I ate some ham and beans , and opened a bottle of rather rust-coloured claret . |
| 5 | Steve was already there when I got back . |
| 6 | When I got back . ’ |
| 7 | When I got back to our hostel , our bags were in the hallway and Dana was waiting for me . |
| 8 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 9 | I felt really good a few pounds lighter and with a tan , and I wanted to stay like that and surprise everyone when I got back , especially my boyfriend , who might have been wishing I was thinner . |
| 10 | When I got back to England , someone commented on my bravery in the crisis . |
| 11 | But when I got back to Norwich , I started to cry . |
| 12 | When I got back I found the office was n't open until the next day , so I had to get a driver to break in for me . |
| 13 | When I got back to my room I waited for my friend Malleson . |
| 14 | When I got back to the block there it was sitting on the table beside the empty bowls waiting for soup : an extra biscuit each , spread with liver paste , and half a quarter pound slab of chocolate . |
| 15 | When I got back to the car , the fern was sitting in the boot in its pot looking exceedingly perky , if a fern can look perky . |
| 16 | When I got back home I had to don my apron to protect my Sunday best clothes . |
| 17 | I was so green I did n't know what was behind it and boasted that I could become Judge 's Baby when I got back to the dressing-room . |
| 18 | I went for a midnight walk last February — it was snowing , I just got the urge , it was like a fairy tale , clean and soft — and they were standing in the hall when I got back , eyes frantic , fingers pointing , accusing me of — what ? |
| 19 | It took two hours , even using all the short cuts , to walk to Low Birk Hatt , and it was about I a.m. when I got back . |
| 20 | When I got back to George , I told him what I 'd asked . |
| 21 | So when I got back to Boston I thought , ‘ God , there must be a way to do this live , ’ so I called up Lexicon and said , ‘ I 'm this guitar player … ’ and they gave me one ! |
| 22 | When I got back to Australia , I saw this one in a music store and just had to have it . |
| 23 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 24 | When I got back , I found a card from Ivy asking me to lunch — yesterday — Thursday ; and John had written to Ivy to say he thought I could go , and so I did , and she was pleased to have the loukoumi . |
| 25 | He was down and refuelled and re-armed when I got back . ’ |
| 26 | In fact , I told him that when I got back from this holiday he must come round and have a meal . |
| 27 | And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee . |
| 28 | Cumani landed a double on the track on Tuesday , and travelling head lad Ian Willows said : ‘ When I got back last night the boss said ‘ thank heaven for Brighton . ’ |
| 29 | He asked me when I wanted to do the interview , I was going out of the hotel and so we 'd do it when I got back . |
| 30 | Paul did n't drink a lot , but when I got back he was drunk . |