Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] when a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death of Robert Bowes must have been in mind when a warning was incorporated into the questionnaire : " … sundrie accidents may befall fitt for you to observe , and search out … " |
| 2 | YOU are at home when a man bursts in brandishing a knife . |
| 3 | Bus driver with a friendly charm is Britain 's best A bus driver thought he was in trouble when a stranger telephoned his manager asking for his name . |
| 4 | Mr Timothy Hitchcock , prosecuting , said that in November , 1991 , Hilton 's mother was at home when a package arrived . |
| 5 | Equation is seen , for instance , when we recognize a picture of someone we know ; and qualification was at work when a cave painter added the last few touches which made his bison look more energetic and more nearly alive than the others already on the rock face . |