Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dunwoody was surprised when the judge called him the winner on Remittance Man in the opening Bristol Novice Hurdle , believing Peter Scudamore had got back in the final strides on the favourite Regal Ambition after being headed halfway up the run-in . |
| 2 | Or , since Johnson was dead when the Journal was published , did he mean that Johnson read the later stages of the manuscript as Boswell worked his way through it ? |
| 3 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 4 | Relatives like Mrs Watkins were hopeful when the Health Authority announced an inquiry , but despairing , when 5 months on , it still had n't consulted them . |
| 5 | Cyril and Florence Ormerod and their son Andrew were asleep when the fire started . |
| 6 | Melissa was horrified when the bounder made his own designs clear as she modelled a £700 Prince of Wales check trouser suit in a London park . |
| 7 | Dexter was puzzled when the man answered the door . |