Example sentences of "[adj] when a [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Federal charges were filed against Keating on Dec. 12 when a federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a 77-count indictment against him , his son , his son-in-law and two associates . |
| 2 | The art of Benin first became known to the West in 1897 when a British military expedition confiscated thousands of works of art from the royal palace and exiled the king , Ovonrramwen . |
| 3 | The nearest accident came in February 1981 when a 12-year old boy was nearly swallowed by a sudden opening as he walked across his grandmother 's lawn . |
| 4 | The proof came in December 1977 when an indiscreet civil servant in the Northern Ireland secretary of state 's team divulged the details of private conversations that he had listened to ‘ on the tapes ’ . |
| 5 | This has been open to doubt since June 8 , 1989 when an extreme left-wing group pumped 20 bullets into Valenzuela 's former chief , ‘ Wally ’ Fuentes Morrison . |