Example sentences of "[conj] when they [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their clothes were in a worse state than when they had left the workhouse . |
| 2 | It was dark now , but warmer than when they had left the coast nearly two hours before , and the air tasted like something breathed through a hot towel . |
| 3 | But after the first explorations and when they had absorbed the impact of the delight of the situation , the girl began to be restless . |
| 4 | And when they had reached the place where the mine widened |
| 5 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 6 | Pontypool were now in disarray and when they attempted to move the ball near the opposition 's 22 , Nigel Davies intercepted to run 70 metres and score his side 's third try which Stephens again converted . |
| 7 | NOT only does the woman in the new Spennymoor town centre sculpture look like she 's sitting on the toilet , and the greyhound look like a ferret or a sausage , someone said but when they went to erect the blessed thing last week it did n't fit the space available . |
| 8 | In opposition the Conservatives had , it is true , pressed for a select committee , but when they returned to power the Commons committee they established was quite ineffective . |
| 9 | But when they came to lift the body , there was this bird 's head . |
| 10 | But when they tried to disarm the other with spray foam , it went off and police and dogs were called out . |