Example sentences of "when [pron] opened [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I opened a High Interest Business Account ( in addition to the Club 's Current Account ) in September 1990 I was assured that funds to top up the current account would be transferred automatically from the business account whenever the former 's balance fell below £50 . |
| 2 | When I opened an upstairs window and looked into the ravine ( this was in winter , so it was easy to see the tracks ) , Zverev 's works , and those of some other artists , were lying out in the snow . |
| 3 | However , when I opened the blue painted door at Bateman 's building , there in fact was an angel . |
| 4 | When I opened the front door there were all my Christmas parcels strewn across the hallway in various stages of unwrappedness . |
| 5 | I registered only the habitual glow of pleasurable comfort , but when I opened the envelope the reaction was one of electric shock . |
| 6 | When I opened the door , three white men stood facing me . |
| 7 | So it was a big cheering surprise when I opened the front door of Eva 's house one day to find Uncle Ted standing there in his green overalls , a bag of tools hanging from his fist , smiling all over his chopped face . |
| 8 | ‘ When I opened the letter and saw the summons , ’ Jean says , ‘ I thought , ‘ Oh , the poor devil — I 'll have to just simply pay off the money owed , and then no-one will ever have to know about this ’ . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I just went for a camera and when I opened the bag I could n't believe what was inside . |
| 10 | When I opened the frame I found , as I expected , that the drawing had been hinged with masking tape . |
| 11 | I do n't know what you said to The Times man , but when I opened the paper in bed ( at mea mos est ) wondering whether my letter would find a place at all-well I dived under the bed clothes and went pink all over-as pink as you ! |
| 12 | When I opened the door , they would run at me . |
| 13 | Frightened the living daylights out of him when I opened the cupboard . |
| 14 | ‘ I smelled it when I opened the cupboard this morning . ’ |
| 15 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
| 16 | When I opened the Bible to see if it was damaged , I found that wherever there was an empty page , or half a page , someone had written on it , and on the first page was written ‘ Catherine Earnshaw 's diary , 1776 ’ . |
| 17 | When I opened the door I hardly recognised him . |
| 18 | I learnt to do arithmetic only when I opened the tea stall . |
| 19 | When I opened the door to my tent the sight that greeted me was unbelievable . |
| 20 | It occurred to me that it might be Ruth Cohen again , but I could n't have been more wrong , for when I opened the door I found a young police constable standing there in his navy-blue mac wet with rain . |
| 21 | ‘ I caught my breath when I opened the door and found him towering over me . ’ |
| 22 | I thought he was working there , but when I opened the door I saw Neil sitting in the driver 's seat . |
| 23 | ‘ When I opened the door she was in such a terrible condition I could n't believe it . |
| 24 | They went up there like a couple of out of a gun , when I opened the door ! |
| 25 | no , so he said erm , when I opened it court order , I said well I do n't know what yours is I said but it 's nothing to do with this , I said this is about that so when I opened the other one I remember then that when they originally built that court order bit he give me one cheque for sixty two quid and one for sixty nine |
| 26 | And when I opened the door everything fell out . |
| 27 | Because they were only half the size of a mature Thoroughbred , they were not tall enough to see over their stable doors or internal walls so that when someone opened the stable doors , the weanlings would attempt to climb the walls in sheer terror ! |
| 28 | Andrew Lamb , prosecuting , asked if it was possible for the explosion to have taken place when someone opened the front door of the house while smoking a cigarette . |
| 29 | He had found them and he loved them : the little heads like frail iron , withstanding this wolf-month cold ; and , when you opened the white petals , there were the green veins , promise of the Spring to come . |
| 30 | I got the shock of my life when you opened the front door ; could n't you tell ? ’ |