Example sentences of "when [noun prp] come [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bottle was in his hand when Nicandra came back from the kitchen . |
| 2 | When Ben came back to the table he placed the fork with great ceremony to the side of Millie 's plate , saying , ‘ There you are , madam . |
| 3 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 4 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 5 | She had just taken a mouthful of the rather sour wormwood-flavoured wine when Anthony came breezily into the room . |
| 6 | When Nara came back with the milk , the calf had collapsed , exhausted . |
| 7 | Laura was still roughly chastising herself , and attempting to ignore the hard knot of unsatisfied desire still gripping her body , when Ross came back into the room . |
| 8 | Her teeth stopped chattering , and when Matthew came back with the tea and the whisky , he remarked that the colour had come back into her face . |
| 9 | When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her . |
| 10 | When Fred came back to the table , the two old friends suddenly fused and started to laugh , while Daisy had to wait upon them as their natural audience . |
| 11 | The daylight faded when Raghunath came back to the teacher tired and dripping . |
| 12 | When Jamie came in with the food at gloaming , Cameron asked him for another blanket . |
| 13 | Fortunately they asked no more questions , and were still discussing the wonderful things I had seen , when Joe came in from the forge . |
| 14 | When Bill comes back with the pot they change the subject . |
| 15 | ‘ D' you remember — ’ I began when Otley came back to the car . |
| 16 | Charles was looking at a film still of Banks in one of his most famous roles as the captain of a doomed frigate , when Dottie came back from the kitchen with a bottle of champagne . |
| 17 | It was much later , perhaps an hour , wind belting , when Tetsu came along to the 17th . |
| 18 | I thought she had matured this past year with me but all my hard work to get her to face up to her responsibilities crumbled when Steve came back on the scene . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've given them this number and they 're going to test the line and call me back , ’ she said when Iris came in from the garden . |
| 20 | When Christine came on to the stage , her face was white and she looked afraid . |
| 21 | When Kāli came back with the cows only minutes later , she was caught in the full force of the downpour . |
| 22 | When Isambard came down in the evening with his question , delivered with a dry , impersonal smile as though the brief upheaval in the night had never happened , Harry gave his answer with only the slightest convulsion of fear at the pit of his stomach . |
| 23 | When Pa came in from the yard , he sniffed the air with a puzzled frown . |
| 24 | When Cousteau comes back with the divers and equipment , Van Gelder and I are going down with them to have a look at this plane . |
| 25 | Myers upset coach John Monie by demanding a move when Wigan came back from the Sydney Sevens last February . |
| 26 | When Moran came in from the field with Michael he was in high good humour . |