"when we've got there"

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metal56
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Post by metal56 » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:27 pm

This is possible/probable:
When you've done, I'll be outside waiting for you.
There, IMO, the waiting will commence before the addressee has completed whatever action is doing, or going to do, but "When you've arrived, I'll be waiting for you" just doesn't work for me. Unless, that is, "when you've arrived" means "when you arrived and rested/settled yourself". Still, It would be stretching the use a little, IMO.
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