Example sentences of "[vb pp] when [pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1966 its role was expanded when it took over the Ministries of Aviation and Fuel and Power . |
| 2 | Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office . |
| 3 | Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers . |
| 4 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 5 | But until lately very few people had managed to make themselves heard when they pointed out the dramatic effect of all previous philosophers having seen it as that of a man — that is , of course , not an exact reflection of what men are like , but an image of how they tend to see themselves when they contrast themselves with women . |
| 6 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |