Example sentences of "when [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day I was browsing in the university library , when for no reason that I could pick upon I drew a biography of Newton from one of the shelves . |
| 2 | After Peniel , when for a night Jacob also , so unheroic hitherto , played a hero 's part , we are given more subtle comedy and another hero brought down to earth . |
| 3 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 4 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |
| 5 | The polytechnics led the way when for a period they had the advantage of the professionalism of graphic designers within their institutions , sometimes even within their libraries . |
| 6 | To have such a thing happen — when for a lifetime she had been a perfectly normal agnostic , like everybody else . |
| 7 | But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time . |
| 8 | When for a moment it floated into a clear patch of the sky , it turned to silver the branches and few tenacious leaves of the tree against which they now leaned . |
| 9 | When for a stagnant month no call has broken |
| 10 | and when , when for a two mile journey it would be , would three pound twenty or something like that |
| 11 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
| 12 | Where is the justification in this when for the past 22 years this same scum have killed and maimed the people of Ulster . |
| 13 | ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’ |
| 14 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 15 | Will my hon. Friend commend as compulsory reading part of our proceedings in Committee when for the first time hon. Members listened for two or two and a half hours to — |
| 16 | ‘ How do you propose to raise the money when for the past months you 've been claiming that it just was n't possible ? ’ |
| 17 | Er I think I 'll open my presents when for the Chinese . |
| 18 | ABOVE Greyhounds are lively , affectionate dogs , but are best muzzled when off the lead , as they retain their coursing instincts and may chase smaller dogs . |
| 19 | Physical contact of a different nature was employed by another member of staff when during a break period he enquired disarmingly of a pupil whether he 'd ever seen an ‘ Irish whip ’ . |
| 20 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 21 | Reaction was firmly enthroned , and when during the parliamentary debate on the Security from Violence Bill one MP voiced the belief that ‘ the want of employment was the parent of crime ’ , this seems to have been regarded as little more than a sentimental eccentricity . |
| 22 | When during the Second World War the German occupiers deported the entire Danish police force for several months , recorded rates of theft and robbery ( though not of sexual offences ) rose spectacularly ( Chris-tiansen , 1975 ; Beyleveld , 1990 : 159 ) . |
| 23 | I was convinced I had done badly and was very depressed when during the practical exam university lecturers came around to talk to other people but not to me . |
| 24 | His wide experience , combined with great technical and organizing abilities , enabled him to achieve improved efficiency in the railway workshops , which became all the more necessary when during the war tank , gun , and aircraft production and repair were added to their activities . |
| 25 | Having done so , Sykes took down his rod and prepared to make a dash for it , when through the storm he noticed two small boys . |
| 26 | What is the need for political parties , asks a businesswoman , when through the resistance councils ‘ the smallest individual can be heard in parliament ? ’ |
| 27 | Thus in 1506 the Spanish representative in Venice was succeeded by his son , who presented to the doge on the day after his father 's death credentials prepared in advance ; and when about the same time a French ambassador to Hungary died , his duties immediately passed to his nephew , who completed the work of the embassy . |
| 28 | There were still traces of ethnocentrism in the nationalist viewpoint elsewhere in the report : for instance , they still referred to ‘ the historic integrity of Ireland ’ ( New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : i. 28 ) , implying an almost naturalistic concept of Irish unity , when as a political unit Ireland only ever existed as a British-administered territory . |
| 29 | But Louisa , who had been brought up with her father 's constant comment that she was ‘ the prettiest girl in the world ’ , grew up with a very unreal need to feel praised and fêted for her looks , and when as a teenager she did n't get the same kind of compliments from other people , she not surprisingly felt unloved and unattractive as a result . |
| 30 | Whatever roots I may once have had were cut off years ago when as a young man or old boy I left my father 's house to make my way in horrible competitive London . |