Example sentences of "when [pers pn] was [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was born two voices cried from my mouth . |
| 2 | Strachan said : ‘ It came as a big surprise when I was told six weeks ago my name was being put forward . |
| 3 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |
| 4 | Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts . |
| 5 | Allison Dutton , 24 , was working late at her office in Cherbourg , France , where she had moved to live with her fiance , when she was stabbed 18 times . |
| 6 | Two-year-old Leannda was sighted when she was born 14 weeks premature . |
| 7 | The discovery that oriented bars and edges were the trigger features for neurons in the visual cortex was enormously exciting when it was made thirty years ago , but Levick followed up their discovery and found that there are orientation selective neurons in rabbit retina as well as the directionally selective ones shown in Figure 4 . |
| 8 | INVESTORS who piled into North West Water when it was floated three years ago are on the crest of a wave . |
| 9 | Of the 16 funds that made up our Global Strategy umbrella fund when it was launched five years ago , no less than four have come first in their respective sectors over this period , according to Finstat . |
| 10 | Die Hard 's action sequences won rave reviews when it was released four years ago . |
| 11 | . And nine times out of ten when I ask the congregation whether your church is bigger now than it was when it was founded nine times out of ten the congregation say , it is smaller now than when it was founded . |
| 12 | Retailers say Pentland Crown , the Scottish-bred variety which increased farmers ' yields by up to 20 per cent when it was introduced 30 years ago , bruises too easily and goes black . |
| 13 | ANDRE AGASSI was given a helping hand last night in his bid to retain his Wimbledon title when he was elevated five places above his world ranking to No 8 seed for the Championships , which begin next Monday . |
| 14 | Brett weighed a mere 1lb 5oz and was as short as a watchstrap when he was born seventeen weeks early . |
| 15 | Sam weighed only 1lb 6oz when he was born 18 months ago . |
| 16 | James Richardson , prosecuting , said documents found at Bedworth 's home in North Parade , Ilkley , West Yorkshire , when he was arrested two years ago , contained the teenager 's views of his hobby — views the Crown claims left even top experts worried . |
| 17 | ‘ Monty ’ was ‘ married ’ to his army career and favoured bachelor officers , but when he was approaching forty years of age , he met a widow , Mrs. Betty Carver , an artist who lived at 2 , Riverside Cottages , Chiswick Mall . |
| 18 | Shaved this Lieutenant Sergeant Major eyebrow off when he was sleeping one night , and he was in front of the , the Colonel Chief and Regional so what he did , he , cos it , it took , taken ages , took about three months to grow back , so what he did was he shaved the other one off as well |
| 19 | Lineker also reveals his anger when Taylor criticised him after an international against the Republic of Ireland and when he was dropped 24 hours before a friendly with France . |