Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] when a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That day in early November when a warm sun was turning the autumn trees to gold , they entered the park by Grosvenor Gate and passed a group of young chimneysweeps in the Ring playing pitch-and-toss .
2 It was a raw morning in late November when a small group of members met at the Free Trade Hall for a rehearsal of the Halle Orchestra .
3 A further complication arose in late November when a sharp rise in the Danube 's flow ( up to three times the normal rate ) caused severe flooding and extensive damage to the dam site .
4 Like Edfu and Dendera , Kom Ombo dates from the Ptolemaic period , the last spasm of ancient Egypt when a Hellenized dynasty ruled the country from Alexandria .
5 The effectiveness of the new system was proved on 11 September when a small fire in the turbine hood at Gyda was extinguished immediately .
6 She 'd just managed to catch a joyously soaked Ethel when a blond man with a flat cap pulled over his straight nose asked her if she 'd like to sit in his Land-Rover .
7 Louise will be back on screen next Sunday when a new House Of Eliott series begins .
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