Example sentences of "when [noun prp] got [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel .
2 When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air .
3 When Daffy got out to the middle he realised he 'd nicked his hand , and that he needed treatment . ’
4 When Daffy got out to the middle he realised he 'd nicked his hand , and that he needed treatment . ’
5 When Celia got back from the opera , she was pleased to find the flat was empty .
6 When Dyson got back to the office old Eddy Moulton had subsided into sleep again .
7 They had halved the remaining distance to the burning yacht when Talbot got through to the radio-room again .
8 When Chola got up in the morning the hut was like a dark capsule afloat in mist .
9 It was dark when Tony got up in the mornings .
10 When Melissa got back to the college it was after half-past five and the car park was almost empty .
11 When Mac got out of the aircraft Fagan stormed up to him and said : " You are a bloody fool , Mac , look what you 've done with your inconsiderate taxying , blowing this shit all over the camp . "
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