Example sentences of "[noun] when [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 2 | The Court of Appeal held that he had appropriated the goods for the purposes of theft when he showed them the goods and invited them to buy . |
| 3 | All the same it was hard to restrain her pleasure when he called her the following evening . |
| 4 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 5 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 6 | I 'm just one of the Star Councillors , but I was n't in the Star Room when you showed them the animal . |
| 7 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 8 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 9 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 10 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 11 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 12 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 13 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 14 | She had expected him to leave her but he stayed watching her quietly , picking a biscuit off the plate himself , sharing her milk when she offered him the glass . |