Example sentences of "start when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all started when a man called Frank Somers wrote to me and enclosed a photograph of himself and his wife Pauline and their little girl called Hayley . |
| 2 | The fiasco started when a letter was delivered to his home in Barnet , Herts , earlier this week informing him the £9.41 cheque would not be honoured . |
| 3 | Problems started when a developer for the hotel could not be found , and Mr Graham was called in at the behest of the main creditor , the Bank of Scotland . |
| 4 | The romps started when a 16-year-old went to Wendy 's house at Winthorpe , near Skegness , Lincs , to borrow tools to repair his motorbike . |
| 5 | But a local councillor , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ It started when a driver parked his lorry by the box while he used the phone . |
| 6 | The row started when a bevy of movie stars appeared at the White House correspondents ' dinner on May 1st . |
| 7 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 8 | The event had just started when a woman screamed . |
| 9 | A chemicals company has been fined eight thousand pounds after admitting that a fire which destroyed its factory was started when a worker used a blowlamp to unblock a pipe . |
| 10 | It had started when a mechanic was welding . |
| 11 | Within minutes of the rescue , Runcorn firemen arrived to deal with the fierce blaze , which had started when a chip pan overheated . |
| 12 | These deals usually start when a banker persuades an investor to take a certain punt , a gamble on the oil market , for example . |