Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I win a first set like that , I panic . ’ |
| 2 | … and when I add a third category called Years , Improv automatically generates extra cells , complete with relevant formulae |
| 3 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 4 | LAWNSWOOD Junior confirmed his liking for Edinburgh when he registered a fifth course success in yesterday 's Levy Board Handicap . |
| 5 | Later , when he contacted a third brother , Mr Tunc Kuntar , and threatened to complain to the authorities , Tunc said : ‘ If you do you must be aware of the consequences of that . ’ |
| 6 | Later , when he contacted a third brother , Mr Tunc Kuntar , and threatened to complain to the authorities , Mr Kuntar said : ‘ If you do you must be aware of the consequences of that . ’ |
| 7 | His first round 79 left him seven strokes off the pace set by MacPherson and two other southern players , and when he added a second round 75 , he was nine strokes behind his Cheshire team mate Dave Watson of Helsby , who started 73–72 . |
| 8 | At first Peter 's parents thought he was still suffering from a recent bout of whooping cough , but when he started a second bottle of C-vit they noticed the drink had fermented , turning some of the juice into alcohol . |