Example sentences of "[noun] when it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The GPS system made its public debut in the recent Gulf War when it enabled allied troops to navigate at night across hundreds of miles of desert to within a few metres . |
| 2 | Newark Castle was of strategic importance during the Civil War when it withheld three sieges by Parliamentarians . |
| 3 | Broomfield and Alexander , a seven partner firm based in south Wales , had been the club 's auditors for many years when it hit financial difficulties . |
| 4 | We continued with our three-man tent , a Phoenix Phor-3 , and I must say , the extra space was much appreciated on several occasions , not least on 6 August when it snowed all day and I thrashed Pete at cards . |
| 5 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 6 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 7 | So the normal man in the street wo n't see a great deal until very much nearer the time when it opens next spring . |