Example sentences of "when [pers pn] had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready . |
| 2 | I remembered that when I had first come to live with Jean-Claude , I had learnt to hear him thinking , and how I had not lost this gift but came to enjoy the sound of his inner voice much less . |
| 3 | When I had first heard of my appointment to Stornoway I had been elated at the prospect of leaving a somewhat dull routine existence down south . |
| 4 | When I had first read The Idea of a Christian Society , I was at once struck by the compatibility of some of Hardy 's remarks on the role and function of the Anglican Church with Eliot 's own views . |
| 5 | When I had spare time , but if you 'd If it was decent weather you 'd have to give a hand in the garden at home you see ? |
| 6 | And I really understand Italian quite well , and eh , when I had Spanish , I , I suppose . |
| 7 | No , eh , I 've had them sandwiches when I had that other |
| 8 | when it was when I had that little Renault Five because erm , she used to she used to get under the bonnet did n't she ? |
| 9 | I went out to the theatre and the opera a lot , and when I had some time off , I was usually able to get away somewhere . |
| 10 | when I had some breakfast . |
| 11 | ‘ I must have been feeling manic depressive when I had this done . |
| 12 | And I was with them when I had this holiday with my sister and we went abroad |
| 13 | No , no , I come in the car , I was coming on the bus when I had this bloke next door doing some work like , I used to go out with him years ago , so he come in and had a cup of tea , I said , come in about half past eleven went home at one , he come |
| 14 | What was he when he had a key when I had this one ? |
| 15 | Oh when I had this one it went over |
| 16 | When I had last been conscious it was June 28 — it was now July . |
| 17 | The gallery was full and the gallery owner looked happier than when I had last seen him . |
| 18 | I told him that when I had last seen the doctor he had said the situation here in the plain was so serious that Eric would now have to make the choice of going either to Switzerland or to the mountains . |
| 19 | By now I had almost convinced Rick to change to the boilie when I had another take on the Tropicana ; this was all the convincing he needed as I landed a nice mirror around the 12lb mark . |
| 20 | ‘ I always said I would buy a Harley when I had enough money , ’ said the left-back . |
| 21 | " I was in the newsagents " the other day — when you had that set-to with the girl . " |
| 22 | When you had that trouble |
| 23 | Now when you had that bundle of handouts that are all stapled together |
| 24 | She shook herself inwardly , said severely , Control yourself , Sally-Anne Tunstall ; remember what happened when you had such soft thoughts about a man before , and the sudden dreadful memory this evoked hit her so hard that she stopped dead in her tracks , gave a stifled wail , and went so white that Dr Neil , hearing her , and looking at her , saw that her pallor was so extreme that he thought her on the verge of fainting . |
| 25 | How long ago was that then , how old would I of been then , when you had all these alterations done ? |
| 26 | Why was she so unhappy when she had such a charmed life ? |
| 27 | It was strange , she thought , that her physical response to shock should be the same now as it had been after Hugo was killed , so that to her present grief was added a grief for him as keen , as new as when she had first heard that he was dead . |
| 28 | When she had first plied her trade as a child prostitute , she had always been embarrassed by their silent knowing stares . |
| 29 | As she stretched out an arm to switch off the light she saw , on the marble-topped bedside table , the book which had been open on the bedcover when she had first visited the house . |
| 30 | She was almost sure that if somebody had asked her about all this business when she had first woken in the back of the vehicle , she could , despite her pain and discomfort , have replied . |