Example sentences of "the [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll have to finish the porter when I 've seen to the hosses , Mrs Salt , ma'am , ’ said Hawkins and hurried out . |
| 2 | Lord Robertson gave a further hand to the defence when the time came for Mr Beltrami to give evidence . |
| 3 | Matters were not improved for the defence when the trial judge refused Mr. Small 's application for the judge to look at the January statement for himself pursuant to section 17 of the Evidence Act . |
| 4 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 5 | Radio Cleveland broadcaster Alan Wright said he was overwhelmed by the response when he raised the case of a Redcar man who had to call the police to get rid of Sure Style salesmen . |
| 6 | The implication from the provision and s741 is if the Revenue have not actually charged the income when it arose in year 1 and it is paid out in year 3 , the only charge under s739 would be in year 3 when the monies are paid out . |
| 7 | There was an awkward moment at the breakfast-table when she asked him why he was wearing his Sunday suit . |
| 8 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 9 | He gazed at the women , and the small group of people who had been in the tent when the councillor actually collapsed . |
| 10 | It was Sir John Hawkins [ q.v. ] , writing in 1776 , who stated that John Shore devised the tuning-fork , which he used in preference to the pitch-pipe when tuning his lute . |
| 11 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |
| 12 | Imagine , no more rained-off days at cricket , or Wimbledon , and a walk in the park when ever you want ! |
| 13 | She was walking in the park when some youngsters squirted a water-pistol in her face and taunted her and her guide dog , Judd . |
| 14 | Was going through Admiralty Arch to the park when the King and Queen drove by ! |
| 15 | No we saw we saw the people in the park when we walked down did n't we ? |
| 16 | ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan . |
| 17 | He knew everyone who mattered , and it was luck as much as anything else — what if reggae or jazz-funk had been the dominant force then ? — but Parsons was still capable of grabbing the opportunity when it knocked . |
| 18 | ‘ The other man 's grass is always greener and I had the opportunity when I was younger to work abroad . |
| 19 | The points in two point four to two point nine are nevertheless important and we would er I would strongly recommend that you endorse the erm making of those points to Aida If they then do n't take those points on board , you would have the opportunity when the plan is , is finally put on deposit of making a formal objection to the plan on the basis that we disagree with that particular wording , but I have here th th th the strong expectation that Aida will take on board those small points anyway and it is just a matter therefore o of making minor changes , but unfortunately the conformity issue is , is a , is a rather different one whether we are er in er er er as an authority in agreement with what Aida is saying in their plan . |
| 20 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 21 | Somerset 's sixth bowler , Andy Hayhurst , proved the most troublesome and he broke the stand when Kellett was denied a century by edging a cut to wicketkeeper Neil Burns . |
| 22 | I happened upon the tannery when I walked east along the coast towards the beginning of the Akrotiri peninsula . |
| 23 | Sometimes you can find a lid ( operculum ) preserved as a fossil , that closed the aperture when the mollusc withdrew into its shell . |
| 24 | But then Jimmy Magilton fired the United midfield machine and the match was back in the boiler when John Durnin scored a brilliant equaliser . |
| 25 | Organisations will call in the experts when things go wrong , as they now call in the people who install and mend lifts , photocopiers and the vending machines that dispense undrinkable fluids . |
| 26 | It goes without saying that professional programme makers turn to the experts when it comes to obtaining authentic props . |
| 27 | At about the same time ( July 1956 ) Lord Rothermere decided to sell most of his 50 per cent Daily Mail stake in Associated-Rediffusion ; and he sold the remainder when he took a third of the shares in the new South/South-East franchise holder , Southern TV , in 1958 . |
| 28 | Of course it 's not actually coffin-shaped , but that 's how Tony Hicks of the Hollies , who used an original Phantom XII on a number of the band 's hits ( including Look Through Any Window and I Ca n't Let Go ) referred to the guitar when I spoke to him about his original guitar . |
| 29 | Peter ‘ Penny ’ Murphy , a local farmer who acts as curator of the birthplace when Dr Kavanagh is in America , is like a man savouring a dream . |
| 30 | Missed by Tendulkar in the gully when 12 , by stumps the Tasmanian had made 91 : he completed his 13th Test century early next morning having batted for 359 minutes , hitting 12 fours . |