Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shouted and swore when Lennie carried a dead mouse in his pocket pet and he gave Lennie a very hard time when Lennie said that he like ketchup on his beans . |
| 2 | He always has enough time for Lennie and when Lennie speaks George always listens , no matter when . |
| 3 | He does not expect miracles from Lennie and is not at all surprised when Lennie forgets things , even though he gets angry at him . |
| 4 | Apart from one brief pitch invasion when Sunderland scored , the supporters of both clubs behaved impeccably . |
| 5 | When Sunderland came to the Manor in the league in December less than 2,000 Weirsiders saw them lose 3-0 . |
| 6 | When Sunderland arrived their coach , Craig Lynch , agreed to play in the absence of spectators . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course you can drive down and drive back and be back soon , ’ she fumed later when Marc had released them after prolonging his cat-and-mouse game with his brother for as long as possible , ‘ but what 's the point when there is no paper ? ’ |
| 8 | Confident that they were not going to start scratching each other 's eyes out again , she drank deeply when Marc refilled her mug . |
| 9 | When Marc spoke his words seemed to grow out of the night itself . |
| 10 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 11 | The people in shops sent their regards to her aunt through Melanie and asked how she was keeping , as they had asked after Melanie 's mother and also after Mrs Rundle when Melanie had gone shopping in the village . |
| 12 | When Melanie said so to her aunt , the older woman scribbled : ‘ Those are the de luxe models , these are the standards . |
| 13 | There was no sudden , sharp break in policy when Truman entered the White House . |
| 14 | One of his favourite after-dinner stories revolves around the 1979 League Cup final win against Southampton , when Clough surprised the players by lifting his customary bedtime curfew the night before Forest 's descent on Wembley . |
| 15 | But Chapman doubts Forest can ever achieve the same level of success when Clough calls it a day , and he likens their position to the massive void left behind when Don Revie quit Leeds 18 years ago . |
| 16 | When Minton had first arrived at the College he had seemed to Elinor a rather shy individual . |
| 17 | Story has it that when Minton hung this portrait at Allen Street it so offended an art critic that he spat at it . |
| 18 | Everyone , Minton above all , pressed him to play ; scarcely had he begun to do so when Minton fell snoringly asleep . |
| 19 | When Minton became friends with her and Rodrigo , they were living at 155 Old Church Street , not far from the popular Queen 's Elm pub in the Fulham Road . |
| 20 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
| 21 | When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert . |
| 22 | When Minton learnt that one of the young man 's interests had not yet been fulfilled , he arranged matters so that after one Hampstead Arts Ball Hunt lost his virginity . |
| 23 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 24 | When Minton brought back to Allen Street a Party of sailors , it was Paul who fried the chips Minton knew they liked to eat . |
| 25 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 26 | When Carver alighted outside the Hilton in Park Lane the limo drove past at speed . |
| 27 | When Dan had returned after his drink , wiping his mouth and looking cooler , she had been silent . |
| 28 | When Pflimlin resigned ( on 28 May ) , Coty took the initiative of inviting de Gaulle to form a government and threatening parliament with his own resignation if it denied de Gaulle . |
| 29 | Alfred started to his feet , but his glad cry of welcome was cut short when Beatrice inclined her stately head in his direction and moved off to sit sandwiched between Auguste Didier and Egbert Rose . |
| 30 | The originality of the dress drew a gasp when Beatrice walked into the room , and since he did not dance he was content to watch her dance the tango with a number of admirers . |