Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subjects were eligible when the period between the last test result negative for HIV and the first test result positive for HIV-1 was no longer than six months . |
| 2 | Bald planned to follow it with other county surveys of similar quality , but this ambition was frustrated when the Ordnance Survey was directed to produced its own map of Ireland in 1824 , and henceforth he devoted his energies to civil engineering , a profession for which he further equipped himself by a period of renewed study and foreign travel . |
| 3 | Dunwoody was surprised when the judge called him the winner on Remittance Man in the opening Bristol Novice Hurdle , believing Peter Scudamore had got back in the final strides on the favourite Regal Ambition after being headed halfway up the run-in . |
| 4 | For example , Pamela was surprised that her parents were concerned when a boy she had just met at a discotheque brought her home in the early hours of the morning . |
| 5 | One person on site was taken to the local hospital complaining of eye irritation but was later discharged and the crew of a vessel in the Humber estuary reported exposure to an irritant cloud , but not ill effects were evident when the crew was checked by a doctor . |
| 6 | It is not clear why the consent of the parties should be a precondition to leapfrog appeals , and the issue was contentious when the Bill was debated in Parliament . |
| 7 | ‘ The girl was dead when the ambulance arrived . ’ |
| 8 | Opinion : ‘ New nuclear stations were uneconomic when the discount rate was raised to 8% in 1988 … |
| 9 | Abolition of the Southern League also robbed players of a useful safety valve , for no transfer fee was payable when a player moved into it from the League . |
| 10 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 11 | Connon was angry when the doctor arrived , but even in anger he did n't lose the moderation of speech or manner which Antony now recognized as his main characteristic . |
| 12 | Thus , the most a house insurer can be expected to provide in respect of an insurance below the Agreement threshold is confirmation that insurance arrangements were extant when the security was taken . |
| 13 | The argument was plausible when the franchise was based on property but it is not obvious today . |
| 14 | Or , since Johnson was dead when the Journal was published , did he mean that Johnson read the later stages of the manuscript as Boswell worked his way through it ? |
| 15 | Many of the resultant 92 ‘ open years ’ have to do with old American liabilities — for asbestos-related risks , for example , and pollution — whose scale was undreamt-of when the insurance ( or , more usually , the reinsurance ) policies were underwritten . |
| 16 | Naturally the Society was delighted when the prospect of further restoration work was broached . |
| 17 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 18 | Relatives like Mrs Watkins were hopeful when the Health Authority announced an inquiry , but despairing , when 5 months on , it still had n't consulted them . |
| 19 | Cyril and Florence Ormerod and their son Andrew were asleep when the fire started . |
| 20 | Note that the package module APCK3 and all its modules were OFFLINE when the procedure was called . |
| 21 | Both comprehensibility ratings and recall scores were highest when the subject had seen the complete context picture before listening to the passage . |
| 22 | Hill had accused Supreme Court aspirant Judge Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment years earlier , and feminists were outraged when the court rebuffed her claims . |
| 23 | But in 24 of 40 WFS countries , among women who worked , levels of infant mortality were lower when the mother was employed away from home in anon-farm occupation ( some education and skills ) than when she had not worked at all since marriage . |
| 24 | ( 1982 ) found that the proportions of bedwetting children were higher when the child showed other behavioural disturbance . |
| 25 | The children were terrified when the flood happened and I just do not think they would want to come back . ’ |
| 26 | Friends of the Ferries were stunned when the ECHO broke the news . |
| 27 | This Browny 's stone was helpful when the householder was brewing beer , for it hastened the fermentation process with its fairy magic . |
| 28 | Christina was pleased when the jeep pulled into Sunset Ridge and Elaine and James got out , waving and shouting ‘ thank you ’ as , arm in arm , they helped each other up the path and into Magnolia Cottage . |
| 29 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 30 | Christian was delighted when the gipsy accepted the offer . |