Example sentences of "[verb] when [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 2 | It will be interesting to see how his popularity will survive when he appears with a bride . |
| 3 | He exaggerates when he speaks of a ‘ deafening silence , from historians on the land question , but he makes a strong case for placing the land issue near the centre of any sound historical analysis of the period . |
| 4 | She walked along by the shops , and stopped when she came to a door with ‘ Madame Eloise — Hair ’ on it . |
| 5 | I think there 's a little bit of misapprehension Chairman on Mr , Mr er I do n't think you can trust when we come to a , a |
| 6 | Cos we moved to ninety five , was n't built when we moved into a hundred and eleven |
| 7 | So write it down , get a picture of it , it 's like a car salesman , what does he do when you go into a car showroom ? |
| 8 | So , what do you do when you go to a hotel ? |
| 9 | It was the one thing you could n't do when you stayed in a hotel . |
| 10 | She was defeated when she stood as a National Labour candidate in 1931 . |
| 11 | What really happens when we look at a globe , or a painting ? |
| 12 | The pair did n't even realise they were related when they met at a special course about the assassination at the University of Liverpool , which was held in the wake of the Oliver Stone film JFK . |
| 13 | Mrs Davison was injured when she jumped from a bedroom window and still has to use a crutch . |
| 14 | Teachers at Stowe School began an investigation after a sixteen year old boy was injured when he fell from a bunk bed . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course , I nearly forgot — ’ his lips twisted when he came to a standstill ‘ — you 're newly betrothed … ’ |
| 16 | Finally his life was saved when he landed on a narrow ledge 25ft from the bottom of the pit . |
| 17 | The male People drew it tight , as fishermen must have done when they hauled in a catch in olden times . |
| 18 | Having previously written some plays and two novels — The Jesuit ( 1832 ) and The Prelate ( 1840 ) — his break came when he returned from a continental tour in 1849 to write for the London Journal . |
| 19 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman sits in court and passes sentence himself , so he has seen the issue both from these Benches and from the Bench he adorns when he sits as a recorder . |
| 20 | You could see her whole body shaking and I remembered Clement Moore 's The Night Before Christmas ; ‘ a right jolly old elf … with a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly . ’ |
| 21 | This is the story about Miranda Mouse , and what happened when she went for a walk in Puddle Lane . |
| 22 | So if I have associated the right word — say , the word blue — with the right impression — the impression I get when I look at a cornflower — there is no fear of my language not mirroring reality as there is if I talk about fate or fortune , these not being words for simple ideas impressed on my mind by external objects . |
| 23 | started as a receptionist , works now on film business and keeps fit through gymnastics ; 's is the first voice fibre customers hear when they ring with a query . |
| 24 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 25 | of cases , rape is by someone known to the victim , so women are not at risk from every man they happen to encounter when they go for a walk on a dark night . |
| 26 | He was about to leave when he froze in an awkward position midway across the room . |
| 27 | got ta recognize when you get to a certain stage that like if you drink any more you 're gon na be ill . |
| 28 | At last she wrote to Sir John Merchiston , who was a remote cousin , but whom she had known when she came as a débutante to visit here with her family for the hunting . ’ |
| 29 | Docherty , who reckons that is a real blunder , made his feelings known when he spoke at a soccer club dinner in Norfolk . |
| 30 | I found it extremely satisfying , which was something I never found when I worked in an office … |