Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 2 | Once or twice they followed a track that simply petered out , as though it had never been ; but always , when they returned they found the path she should have chosen was the path the man with the staff had been down before them . |
| 3 | They have drawn out the magical circle simply to trap the adventurers , when they saw them approaching the area . |
| 4 | When they arrived they found the police already there' ( Labour Research , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 6 | Coming to a particular spot , she said ‘ Dig theear ’ , and when they did they found the stump of the old one . |
| 7 | Our unwound watches lay in our rucksacks and when they stopped we followed the pattern of night and day instead . |