Example sentences of "[noun] when [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moment of truth comes on Tuesday when they meet unstoppable Portadown in a quarter-final at Shamrock Park , Glentoran having only qualified on goal difference . |
| 2 | ‘ When my grandparents came on holiday with us , he was the one who took us round castles and museums and told me stories about being in the Scots Guards , ’ said Marjory , who inherited most of his books when he died two years ago . |
| 3 | Chang , the sixth seed , was clearly exhausted by the two-and-a-half hour match after having been on court for nearly four hours on Friday when he beat Russian Andrei Chesnokov in the quarter-finals . |
| 4 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 5 | ROBERT ALNER continued his relentless progress towards taking The Daily Telegraph Men 's Championship at Portman on Saturday when he rode three winners and now leads Philip Scholfield — who was restricted to one success at the Dartmoor — by 22 to 13 . |
| 6 | But why go half-way round the world to find Lady Happiness when She works next door to you ? |
| 7 | Keats when he wrote that poem and was lost in his immaterial dream breathed the same intoxicating air as Einstein did , and both knew the same profound excitement and sublime delight . |
| 8 | Devine improved for the fourth time this winter when he reached 64.40 metres at a meeting in Melbourne . |
| 9 | She swam and sunbathed , went sightseeing , worked on her designs , talked brightly on the phone with Lucy , or Dad or Charles whenever they rang her , forcing herself not to ask whether Guy had moved in on the firm yet , and then wincing when Lucy said that he 'd made his mark in a dramatic emergency board meeting , put up the backs of most of the board of directors when he announced sweeping measures to increase profitability , cut overheads … |
| 10 | ‘ E treated our Nancy when she 'ad w'oopin' cough , but 'e told Mrs Walker that 'er varicose veins is provin' obstinate . |
| 11 | WE ALL , I reckon , feel a nostalgia for the days before the First World War when we read that travel was simpler and you could go down to Victoria and light out for the Continent without bothering about a passport . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Newark Castle was of strategic importance during the Civil War when it withheld three sieges by Parliamentarians . |
| 14 | erm in the days when they had terraced houses back to back terraced houses erm well anywhere in the country I guess but but where I come from it was fine for the people who lived with their doors on the on the road but the people who lived at the other side of the block they could n't get from the road so every so often down the down the terrace they had a little alley way an entry I think you 'd probably call it in Scotland , do n't they ? |
| 15 | But in the later days when they made mass production was coming in , the components for them , it was easier to buy a component and fit it than to , to make up a , a piece in your own workshop . |
| 16 | Long gone were the days when they employed four teachers . |
| 17 | On those days when you need more information , use this pad , er , for that purpose . |
| 18 | In the days when I had more time to spare I would read any book I could lay my hands on and particularly enjoyed anything about foreign lands . |
| 19 | Dr. Gabellah , speaking at Caux recalled the days when he taught theological students . |
| 20 | She loved Bobbie for his devotion and loyalty to her in the days when she had few friends and was struggling for recognition . |
| 21 | I witnessed the moment when they recognised each other . |
| 22 | Have you ever noticed that when Christians speak about how they became followers of Jesus , nearly everyone will concentrate on the moment when they faced that crisis , and made their decision ? |
| 23 | ‘ This now brings me to the moment when I have immense pleasure in asking Douglas Irwin to come up and receive the watch worn by his father on that fateful night nearly fifty years ago . |
| 24 | ‘ We have visited Hawkesbury Junction twice now , once in November when we caught 256 zander and in December we removed just 14 . |
| 25 | I 've gone through phases when I had seven effects pedals in front of me and then I 've concentrated on the pedals rather than my playing , and that 's wrong . ’ |
| 26 | He said arrangements should have been made to actually take him to a medical officer and said he should not have been allowed to leave Comber and Newtownabbey RUC stations when he called that day . |
| 27 | The people taking part commit themselves to half an hour of scripture based prayer each day and a half hour meeting with a ‘ Prayer Guide ’ each evening when they receive personal guidance . |
| 28 | Mr Norrie had been walking along Leith 's Great Junction Street on Friday evening when he saw two youths approaching him . |
| 29 | One of Margaret Thatcher 's first appointments when she became Prime Minister was that of Lord ( then Sir ) Derek Rayner as a part-time adviser on improving efficiency and eliminating waste in government . |
| 30 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |