Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had n't walked very far when they came to a tiny dirt track off the road . |
| 2 | Mrs Edna Wall remembers Mrs Bessie Forde and Mrs Cooper as leaders marching the band of 90 or so little ones in the early 1930s to outdoor meetings in different parts of the town and always , when they came to a public house , they stopped and sang : ‘ Dare to be a Daniel — ’ with a special emphasis on the words : ‘ Keep outside the public house and bring your money home . ’ |
| 3 | In a series of experiments in which people were asked to describe their flats , Linde and Labov ( 1975 ) found that almost all subjects followed the order of describing the entrance , and then rooms branching off the entrance , returning to the hallway when they came to a dead end . |
| 4 | In another room they had a stroke of luck when they came across a large paper bag of fruit , a couple of packets of biscuits , a tin of shortbread , a jar of butterscotch and an unopened bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky . |
| 5 | CAR thieves wrecked two fences and ripped up lawns when they sped through a quiet residential estate yesterday . |
| 6 | Had the two friends discussed her in the way men probably did when they looked at a young woman who passed them in the street ? |
| 7 | These lectures have never been published and have received little critical attention since the time of their delivery ( when they met with a mixed reception mainly due to Turner 's chaotic approach to delivering a lecture ) . |
| 8 | The pair did n't even realise they were related when they met at a special course about the assassination at the University of Liverpool , which was held in the wake of the Oliver Stone film JFK . |
| 9 | Cos when they pulled into a slow section on the railway , the vandals have got on and just gone through the whole lot and taken the radios out . |
| 10 | Several clubs have made it to the quarter final , but all have faltered , the most notable being Darlington , when they lost by a single goal to HFS Loans League side Leek Town two years ago . |
| 11 | Anglers discovered dead fish frozen into the Grand Union Canal when they arrived for a major match . |
| 12 | The two gunmen triggered a massive search when they fled in a stolen car and opened fire on pursuing officers . |
| 13 | The two gunmen triggered a massive search when they fled in a stolen car and opened fire . |
| 14 | GREAT BRITAIN women paid the price for failing to capitalise on scoring chances when they slumped to a 2-1 defeat against the United States at Old Dominian , Virginia , on Sunday . |
| 15 | Earlier however Kelburne looked as though they were going to walk all over the young Aberdonians when they raced into a 2-0 advantage from scores by David McKay and Michael Starling but a goal by Philip Webster just before half time gave the northerners a timely boost . |
| 16 | But Newtown 's mopping up efforts paid dividends when they raced to a seven wicket victory in 21 overs , Gwilym Lewis leading the charge with an unbeaten half-century and skipper Bryan Jones hitting 22 . |
| 17 | Two generals and 19 other officers became the first soldiers to be brought to trial in connection with the December 1989 coup attempt , when they appeared before a seven-member military court on May 8 on charges of mutiny and murder . |
| 18 | JULIO Cesar Chavez escaped the first defeat of his 88-bout career and Pernell Whitaker retained the WBC welterweight title when they battled to a 12-round draw in San Antonio , Texas last night . |
| 19 | JULIO Cesar Chavez escaped the first defeat of his 88-bout career and Pernell Whitaker retained the WBC welterweight title when they battled to a 12-round draw in San Antonio , Texas , last night . |