Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] when a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statute referred to relatives having a claim for damages when a person died from injuries sustained because of a negligent act . |
| 2 | On that day some 5,000 students and others , led by monks , began a peaceful protest which turned into a violent confrontation with police when a student raised the " fighting peacock " , symbolizing defiance of the SLORC . |
| 3 | The method is of special advantage in cases when a seller delivers an epitome of title accompanied by photographic copies of the title documents , some perhaps complicated and lengthy ; in such a case it may be expedient to make your own " notes on title " on the epitome itself to save duplication of documents . |
| 4 | A VIDEO of a Spitfire plunging to the ground in flames when a stunt went wrong was shown to an inquest jury yesterday . |
| 5 | DIPLOMATS were stranded in lifts when a snake coiled itself round power cables and blew the fuses at a conference in Tanzania . |
| 6 | Females tended to initiate courtship , and there were often fights between females when a hen approached a courting pair . |
| 7 | The assertion that that is all the information given to shareholders when a company comes to market , or is subject to a takeover bid , will not wash . |
| 8 | Research should focus on what happens to children when a parent infected with HIV dies and on the role of fostering and adoption services . |
| 9 | Questions asked of — refers to occasions when a teacher directed a question at a specific boy or girl usually by name but often taking one volunteer from many hands up . |
| 10 | It is frustrating on occasions when a side puts together an exciting movement of forwards interpassing to be concluded by a piece of driving play which eventually comes to a halt and the opposition get the put-in . |
| 11 | The close division , during the Asylum And Immigration Appeals Bill 's report stage , comes after Tuesday 's defeat for ministers when a move to set up a special advisory panel for young refugees was backed with a margin of 55 . |
| 12 | The technique of guidance is often used by parents when a child refuses to comply with a request or instruction . |