Example sentences of "when [noun] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst I was wondering just what I might buy with it , the problem was solved when Mum bought me a grey shirt . |
| 2 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 3 | It is better still when parents set them the right example by not smoking themselves . |
| 4 | David did not in fact begin to relax his reserve until nearly a week after the telegram had arrived , when Julia judged it a suitable moment to say that she and Anthony would be making other plans for Easter . |
| 5 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 6 | Particularly when Madame bought her a matching pale blue cloche , cut quite high at the back , and with a deep brim on the right side , which practically obscured her right eye . |
| 7 | This time , at the bedroom doors , the man waxed a little more bold when Mariot wished him a good night 's sleep . |
| 8 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |
| 9 | When Len sent them a five pound order , or ten pound |
| 10 | ‘ He gave me twenty dollars when Sheridan shoved me the other evening . ’ |
| 11 | When teachers give them a few simple objects ( cardboard boxes , old clothes , bits of material , and the like ) which could be the basis for playful construction , the children do n't know what to do . |
| 12 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 13 | When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty . |
| 14 | But she won at their game , splitting the party in 1969 to assert her supremacy over the bosses — and she was vindicated when voters gave her a huge majority . |
| 15 | When Ford offered us a safe harbour , it took me all of 15 seconds to say yes . ’ |