Example sentences of "when [pers pn] heard this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a warm , spring morning and I was lying in the garden , reflecting on life in general and taking it easy , when I heard this music coming from the top-floor flat where the windows were all open — and there was somebody singing . |
| 2 | I was just reaching out to get the bottle — I keep them on that sideboard just behind me chair — when I heard this noise … . ’ |
| 3 | When I heard this , I touched my dark red hair . |
| 4 | I was sitting under Marcus 's chair in the garden on one of those days when he stays at home when I heard this noise from next door . |
| 5 | Andrea Godfrey , 25 , who comes from Darlington and works for a London-based advertising agency , said : ‘ I had just got on the train when I heard this tremendous bang . |
| 6 | I was sitting in the TV room when I heard this bang . |
| 7 | One mother , Mrs B , was very distressed when she heard this . |
| 8 | The Princess 's face went a little pink when she heard this . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not sending the pram back , Bert , ’ said Mrs Perks , when she heard this . |
| 10 | When she heard this Vasilissa was even more frightened , but she said , " Oh , my sister , let me in I beg you , for I have been sent to fetch a little fire . " |
| 11 | At this time the Cid was gathering strength ; and when he heard that the Moors were in the country , laying waste before them , he gathered together what force he could , and went after them ; and the Moors , when they heard this , dared not abide his coming , but began to fly . |
| 12 | When they heard this they cried out with one accord that they would do his bidding , and go out with him and fight under his banner , for certain they were that by his good fortune the Moors would be overthrown . |
| 13 | But he points out that what decided the issue was Peter 's laying the irrefutable facts of the matter before them so that ‘ when they heard this their doubts were silenced ’ . |
| 14 | After Peter explains the equal spiritual standing of the non-Jewish Christians , this is the response : ‘ When they heard this , they had no further objections and praised God saying , ‘ So then , God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life ’ ' ( Acts 11:18 ) . |
| 15 | Some of the crowd were pleased when they heard this , but most of them watched me in silence . |
| 16 | When he heard this , Nigel felt rather funny . |
| 17 | When he heard this , Oliver felt rather doubtful about having such a friend . |