Example sentences of "when for [art] " in BNC.

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1 One day I was browsing in the university library , when for no reason that I could pick upon I drew a biography of Newton from one of the shelves .
2 After Peniel , when for a night Jacob also , so unheroic hitherto , played a hero 's part , we are given more subtle comedy and another hero brought down to earth .
3 Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week .
4 I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed .
5 The polytechnics led the way when for a period they had the advantage of the professionalism of graphic designers within their institutions , sometimes even within their libraries .
6 To have such a thing happen — when for a lifetime she had been a perfectly normal agnostic , like everybody else .
7 But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time .
8 When for a moment it floated into a clear patch of the sky , it turned to silver the branches and few tenacious leaves of the tree against which they now leaned .
9 When for a stagnant month no call has broken
10 and when , when for a two mile journey it would be , would three pound twenty or something like that
11 He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do .
12 Where is the justification in this when for the past 22 years this same scum have killed and maimed the people of Ulster .
13 ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’
14 Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown .
15 Will my hon. Friend commend as compulsory reading part of our proceedings in Committee when for the first time hon. Members listened for two or two and a half hours to —
16 ‘ How do you propose to raise the money when for the past months you 've been claiming that it just was n't possible ? ’
17 Er I think I 'll open my presents when for the Chinese .
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