Example sentences of "[coord] was [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The local manager came down , the provincial manager , and er made the award or was present when the award was made by the T U C C , and er a presentation was , took place on the platform , and er my wife and I had a weekend , we er we er , we had a weekend in er in York .
2 He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government .
3 Charles found it a strain and was relieved when the meal was over and he felt he could decently leave .
4 When she cried in the first therapeutic session , he could not move over to comfort her and was surprised when the therapist drew attention to this strong communication which he had ignored .
5 He asked to be put through to Alexandra 's desk and was disconcerted when the voice wanted to know who was calling .
6 It was shortly before ten o clock this mornng that an inmate took a civiliam employee hostage at Woodhill jail in Milton Keynes.Unconfirmed reports say the prisoner was on remand on a robbery charge , but was unarmned when the hostage was taken .
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