Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [vb past] in [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 2 | When Georg came in to lunch , covered in cow muck and mud , the converging smells caused Frau Trauffer to wave her hand in the air and give a disgusted ‘ Phaw ! ’ |
| 3 | When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life . |
| 4 | The expression on Hurley 's face when George told him the news was reward enough in itself , but there was an altogether different reaction from the DIA when Coleman reported in about El-Jorr and his key role as the DEA CI fronting for Eurame . |
| 5 | When Charles moved in to Highgrove there was practically no garden at all , just acres of lawn and some box hedges . |