Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pron] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The auto gearbox refuses to take the revcounter needle anywhere near the red line ( and that 's set only at 4500rpm ) , which means the chances of kicking down into a lower gear are limited , making A-road overtaking manoeuvres more ponderous than they should be and knocking a substantial hole in the cruising speed when you meet a hill . |
| 2 | The Tory government contributed to proliferation when it permitted the supply of nuclear weapons material to Saddam Hussein . |
| 3 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 4 | Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990 . |
| 5 | But my heart became filled with fear when I saw no prisoners . |
| 6 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 7 | He was at the Department when it abolished the maternity grant . |
| 8 | Terry and Ian Whelan were six miles out to sea off Southport 's coast when they dropped the compass . |
| 9 | As Palace impressed in Division One in 1990–91 , Mark 's prowess gained further recognition when he scored The Eagles ' decisive goal against Liverpool in the televised Football League match on 30 December , but Palace fans had by then long since ceased to need any persuading that this intelligent and hard-working centre-forward is among the best in the country . |
| 10 | I have always loved dogs and I became involved with the association when I met a lady who was also involved in puppy training . |
| 11 | Thus , in December 1983 it was made very clear that other unions would not encourage the small National Graphical Association when it defied the law over Eddie Shah 's nonunion printing operations in Warrington and insisted on conducting a strike deemed by the high court to be illegal . |
| 12 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 13 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 14 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 15 | Leith was reversing her car when she spotted the Jaguar which she had first seen — grief , was it only yesterday morning ? |
| 16 | You might rarely want to roll the treble off the neck pickup , but you can take treble off the bridge pickup , if it 's a little hairy for you , and still be sure of a full-treble sound on the neck pickup when you hit the switch hard left . |
| 17 | This will help to make the seal when you reassemble the joint . |
| 18 | Two ducks were flying over their favourite pond when they heard the sound of a hunter 's gun and turned tail to flee . |
| 19 | They were just getting into their stride when they received an invitation from Lila to come to her place . |
| 20 | In any case , Pound has the centuries on his side when he equates a genius in statecraft — Jefferson if not Mussolini — with a genius in an art or in speculative thought . |
| 21 | SELLAFIELD apprentice is aiming to establish himself in Great Britain 's amateur rugby league under-19 side when he takes the field in Albi , France later this month . |
| 22 | Two weeks later , Brenda was at his side when he unveiled a statue of himself . |
| 23 | Arkan showed his less affable side when he tackled the photographer who accompanied me around the throat , throwing him out of his office and smashing his video camera underfoot . |
| 24 | It was grey daylight when they crossed the moat of the Château Franc and besides himself only Astorre , Nicholas saw , had tried to keep the iron back and square shoulders of duty . |
| 25 | ‘ I was here as a 10-year-old when we had a record crowd of 75,000 for the Cup tie against Aston Villa in 1938 , ’ he said . |
| 26 | This verb is used in the Old Testament when it means the salvation of God for his people . |
| 27 | How could healing from a priest when I had no faith be of any assistance , and was n't the whole of that phoney world perfectly epitomized by the belief that the wanderings of an old man in the Oxfordshire lanes in the 1930s , seeking the energies of various plants , could possibly be relevant to a most dreaded disease ? |
| 28 | ‘ Once I was driving up High Street East in Sunderland with a local priest when I saw a furniture van ahead with its ramp down . |
| 29 | Businessman Norman Weller may have acted in self-defence when he killed a thug but he should have called the police . |
| 30 | Now in the care of a young Englishman , Jonathan Pease , at Chantilly , Golden Pheasant inflicted Nashwan 's only defeat when he took the Prix Niel over the Arc course and distance three weeks ago and , being lightly raced , he looks capable of improvement . |